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Many of those uses of lead don't end up in the environment. Lead is actually quite inert when in metal form - it develops an oxide/carbonate layer and there is
by refurb 2y ago
Many of those uses of lead don't end up in the environment. Lead is actually quite inert when in metal form - it develops an oxide/carbonate layer and there is little erosion. Metal in bullets is pretty inert and shooting ranges filter air before exhausting it (as dust is formed from impact).
As for lead in plastic manufacturing or dishware, that's mostly a matter of buying wisely. As it tends to be used in less developed markets.
- sethammons 2y ago> shooting ranges filter air before exhausting it (as dust is formed from impact). Where do you live? I have never shot a gun indoors. Every range I have been to is open air. Multiple states, including California.
- mrWiz 2y agoAround here the biggest issue is duck hunting, where the pellets almost certainly wind up directly in a wetland.
- refurb 2y agoBut lead pellets don’t leech lead?
- refurb 2y agoAll over. There are multiple indoor ranges in almost every state. It’s hard to have an outdoor gun range in an urban environment!