Using Lead Weights, is it dangerous?

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10-01-2007, 03:42 PM

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Using Lead Weights, is it dangerous?

Is it dangerous to handle lead weights?

with all this talk with the matel toy recall. wouldnt that mean handling the pure lead weights we use in this hobby be even more dangerous?

10-01-2007, 03:45 PM

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If you eat it maybe

10-01-2007, 03:51 PM

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Is it dangerous to handle lead weights?

Just wash your hands after use. As the Inspector said, don't eat lead. Remember that Simpsons episode when actor Troy McLure says "Lead Paint: Delicious but Deadly!"

10-01-2007, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by magm20001

Is it dangerous to handle lead weights?

with all this talk with the matel toy recall. wouldnt that mean handling the pure lead weights we use in this hobby be even more dangerous?

most weights now are tin based, so less lead than before....

so no need to worry about ya knob falling off.