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that feeling might be partly due to the large amounts of lead compounds in primers being inhaled by the shooter
by garbagewoman 2y ago
that feeling might be partly due to the large amounts of lead compounds in primers being inhaled by the shooter
- nabla9 2y agoLead poisoning symptoms take weeks to months to emerge. It would show in a blood sample.
- sobriquet9 2y agoNot really a concern outdoors. Ben Stoeger, world shooting champion and firearms trainer who shoots a lot, said his blood lead levels are normal and attributes it to shooting outdoors.
- zorked 2y agon=1
- sobriquet9 2y agoOne counterexample may be sufficient to disprove a hypothesis. If you claim a certain quadratic equation has no roots and I give you one root, you can’t say “n=1”.
- Retric 2y agoIt is a strong datapoint, but he may be using meaningfully different weapons / ammo compared to seals. Math avoids this kind of uncertainty.
- sobriquet9 2y agoThe guns are different, but primers are mostly the same.
- tux3 2y agoClaims about populations in medicine are not very much like math theorems. There are too many exceptions for a single case study to settle the question.
- kragen 2y agoi don't think that is true of lead poisoning
- red-iron-pine 2y agoplenty of troops shooting a lot outdoors. enlisted grunts shooting a machine guns, etc. lots of civilian shooters as well. lead is also easy to detect in blood, or via things like hair samples. no doubt SF types are getting more residue than most, but again fairly easy to notice