A lead sinker from his tackle box. I guess he didn't know it was poisonous, and it got me to thinking that in an earlier century guns fired poisonous bullets. How awful is that!
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Yes, lead is poisonous. Yet it's a slow poison. And not immediately fatal.
It is likely the reason why past generations didn't live so long. Some as short as 40 years old on average.
Yet it's not as fatal as mixing chlorine and ammonia. Which will burn your lungs out, if not taken care of immediately.
Ammonia and chlorine, in large quantities, is far more likely in most households today than lead is.
Most pencils are made with lead graphite. Your kids are likely still drawing with them.
Believe me, pencils are not considered hazardous waste. Anything with either ammonia or chlorine is considered hazardous waste.
It was my job to know that once.
Lead poison is on the same order as aluminum poisoning. Under the same category as heavy metal toxicity.
You're still cooking in aluminum!
The depleted uranium example isn't a good example. It's called depleted for a reason. It's even less harmful than radon gas radiation under homes. Which you likely have never had tested.
@DeWayfarer woah woah woah you sound like you know a lot about this subject but Graphite is carbon and depleted Uranium only means that it is no longer considered a radiation hazard. And that's just what I know off the top of my head I haven't fact checked any of the other info here.
@GeniUs I am not saying lead is not dangerous long term. Yet someone else on this post has made the "lead" comparison to "depleted" uranium. Making it sound like lead is a radiation hazard.
Someone just got to say something to correct the misinformation. Lead is the topic of this post.
They use lead barriers to guard against radiation. See the apron of any x-ray technician.
