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Old 11-06-2013, 11:56 AM   #16
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Re: King Neptune lead weights radioactive?

I agree with the others that the more dangerous threat is just lead itself, not any residual radiation. And if you're not careless with it that's not an issue. But this quote from the last graph of your LAT story is telling of what is likely to happen to people who are continuously careless with it: "Fred Teurman could not be interviewed. He is frequently disoriented and unable to recall events, said his wife, Carmen, 62."

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Thanks for the well informed responses guys, sounds like its not much of an issue to worry about. I will still try to have it checked more out of curiosity than anything else.

If you like the alarmist "the sky is falling" tone of this thread, keep your eyes out for my followup thread on coated vrs uncoated lead weights

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Old 11-06-2013, 02:05 PM   #17
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Re: King Neptune lead weights radioactive?

Just remember that metallic lead is hazardous if it splashes on you or contacts the body with high kinetic energy. To be absorbed by the body it has to be turned into a soluble salt first, or vaporized.

The major hazard of the dust is just because it is a form more easily converted into a salt due to the high surface to mass ratio.
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