Re: [ATM] Tapping lead? Forget it!

[artbianconi@blast.net]

Two members of our competition league got ill and when blood tests were 
conducted, they found lead.

They handled the bullets with bare fingers and loaded, on average about 500-
1000 rounds per week. I can assure you that these guys did not get lead 
poisoning by sucking their thumbs!

>From that point all the reloaders in the group, ALL OF THEM!, started wearing 
cotton gloves. Some even went so far to wera latex gloves under the cotton.

The Department of Envrionmental Protection requires that any stripping of paint 
known to contain lead must be done inside of a sealed environment. Bridges, 
buildimngs and ships painted with red lead or any paint known to contain lead 
are stripped inside of a protective plastic caccoon and the laborers are required 
to wear masks so they don't breathe the stuff.

Better to be safe than sorry.

Art Bianconi
From:           	"Jerry B. Hillman" <JBHillman@ev1.net>
To:             	<artbianconi@blast.net>, <atm@atmlist.net>
Subject:        	Re: [ATM] Tapping lead? Forget it!
Date sent:      	Sun, 11 Jul 2004 17:55:27 -0500

> Hi All,
> 
> < It's a messy pastime, working with lead, and the material
> is dangerous to work with, lead poisoning being the most
> apparent risk>
> 
> To get lead posioning you have to ingest it. That means eat
> it.  You are not going to absorb enough of it through your
> skin to hurt you when working with the small amounts needed
> to cast counterweights.  However, if you are afraid of lead
> poisoning, the answer is simple.  don't use it.  Get
> something else to use for counterweights. Lead is easy to
> melt, cast, drill, tap etc.  Try duplicating that with brass
> for instance. Or iron.  Good luck.
> 
> BTW - Much of what ATM'ers use is toxic.  Have you ever seen
> what concrete (used in tile tools and pitch laps) will do to
> skin?  Nasty.  The pitch itself will eventually poison you
> if you keep eating it to test hardness. CEO and aluminum
> oxide are both toxic as is silicon carbide.  The powdered
> glass from cutting, grinding and polishing a mirror will
> kill you if you inhale enough of it.  And 'enough' is a
> surprisingly small amount.  Some of the chemicals to clean
> or de-coat a mirror are pure poison.  Not to mention the
> extremely high risks associated with silvering your own
> mirror. My point is,  if you are stupid, don't take up
> ATM'ing as a hobby.  Otherwise, use common sense, and a good
> amount of caution and you will be alright.
> 
> 
> 



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