Posted: 3/30/2014 1:17:05 PM EDT
| I wanted to send a note to the Hive to make sure you occasionally get your lead levels checked. Mine has come back high even though I take a fair number of precautions. I'll be taking some extra vitamin C for a while. |
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Quoted: unless you work with heavy metals . is this really an Issue........ Just asking ? Not really. Most lead paint poisoning is either associated with living in old housing with lead paint or working in lead-related industries. However, it would be possible to get high lead levels from shooting and cleaning your weapon afterwards, especially if you shoot at an indoor range which doesn't have a good ventilation system. Which is apparently what happened to the OP. |
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Quoted: What is the vitamin C for? I have read that if you develop high lead levels, it is taken into your bones, like calcium is. Then it is released slowly over time. Is that correct? Lead can be incorporated into your bones, that is how they determine childhood lead exposure by using your baby teeth. Vitamin C has been shown to help increase the rate of excretion of lead. If it is really high (>50 mcg/dL), however, the OP should see a medical doctor and go on chelation therapy. |