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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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[–] kestrel7_7@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

IIRC It's more that shooting the lead bullets vaporizes little bits of metal dust, and certain gun designs project a lot of this towards the user's face. AKA. Hot lead dust in the face.