I have been pointing this out for like 20 years. Even with good sanitation and PPE, lead residue from shooting is surprisingly hard tocompletely eliminate. I was as shooting maybe a couple of times per week, primarily with a bolt action rifle and shotgun, wearing gloves, wiping things down, and I could still find detectable lead residue on my range bag, and in my car (!).

Someone who is putting hundreds of rounds per week of dog shit ammo through their AR is 1000% exposing themselves and their family to a slowly increasing background supply of lead.

[–] FrChazzz@lemmus.org 22 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Someone on Lemmy wrote, a little over a year ago I think, that lead ossifies in the bones and then gets released into the blood as bones soften with age. This then affects the brain and might explain why older people have seemingly sudden personality changes. I think about this often.

[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

It is one of the processes of lead poisoning yes. Lead is mistaken for Calcium and stored in your bones.

[–] BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 week ago

There's some studies that look into this and its effects on mental health of all stripes. I'm certain in the coming decades there'll be more as the boomers start suffering and dying.