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Most gun owners use lead ammunition, yet half don’t practice hygiene behaviors after shooting (hsph.harvard.edu)
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[–] jjagaimo@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Also radioactive fallout from nuclear testing (over 1000 nuclear devices in the US) during their early development

[–] BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago

I'm not sure that's as wide of an issue compared to lead being in the gas tank. Then again I don't know if there were ever studies on fallout from such tests on USA soil.