re: #241 wheat-dogg

The results are not conclusive, so more likely an example of correlation.

Lead is basically bad stuff if exposure is constant, just like mercury exposure. Someone who shoots only occasionally, like for deer hunting or skeet shooting, is not in particular danger. But a regular shooter (or worker) in an inside shooting range would be in greater danger.

Likewise, handling a blob of metallic mercury in the palm of your hand for a few minutes would not poison you. Using mercury compounds on a regular basis — as hatmakers did in the 1800s — would be a whole ‘nother story.

Unless you drop it on the carpet, then it’s time for hazmat decontamination. That’s why we can’t handle mercury anymore.