{"id":176184,"date":"2017-05-15T17:59:40","date_gmt":"2017-05-15T17:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/theres-a-hidden-hazard-in-the-air-at-gun-ranges\/"},"modified":"2017-05-15T17:59:40","modified_gmt":"2017-05-15T17:59:40","slug":"theres-a-hidden-hazard-in-the-air-at-gun-ranges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/theres-a-hidden-hazard-in-the-air-at-gun-ranges\/","title":{"rendered":"There&#8217;s a hidden hazard in the air at gun ranges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Visiting a shooting range is not without risk, and we aren&#8217;t talking about deadly accidents<\/a>. Lead dust discharged by firearms is the leading cause of lead poisoning outside the workplace, the <i>Seattle Times<\/a> <\/i>reported in a lengthy 2014 investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Each time a gun filled with lead-based ammunition is fired, a cloud of lead particles trails in the bullet&#8217;s wake. The dust hangs in the air and collects on clothing, creating a hazard to anyone who comes in contact with it.<\/p>\n<p>The <i>Times&#8217;<\/i> conclusion: &#8220;Thousands of &#8230; workers, shooters, and their family members have been contaminated at shooting ranges due to poor ventilation and contact with lead-coated surfaces.&#8221; A 2016 <i>Oregonian<\/i><\/a> investigation backs that up, noting the ventilation system at a former National Guard Armory in Montana was clogged with &#8220;lead-laced bunnies the size of tangerines&#8221;; 20 workers fell ill.<\/p>\n<p>NPR<\/a> takes a look at one move that has since been made: The Department of Defense in April tightened its limit for acceptable levels of lead in blood to 20 micrograms per deciliter.<\/p>\n<p>Bloomberg<\/a> earlier this year cited a DoD rep who said roughly 1,200 DOD employees have their blood monitored for lead due to workplace exposure. The CDC<\/a> adds these stats: 1.2 million law enforcement officials risk exposure as part of their weapons-training requirements; as many as 60,000 Americans work in shooting ranges, and 34 million Americans target shoot.<\/p>\n<section class=\"sponsor-partner mod-25\">\n<h2>More From Newser<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"article-ct\">\n<article>\n<h3>Shady treatment centers help fuel drug addiction<\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t<span class=\"type type-article\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t            \t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\">\n<article>\n<h3>Doctors warn of painful parasite hiding in your sushi<\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t<span class=\"type type-article\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t            \t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\">\n<article>\n<h3>Company relocating after massive burrito recall<\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t<span class=\"type type-article\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t            \t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\">\n<article>\n<h3>She lost her vision, but in rare phenomenon, can &#8216;see&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t<span class=\"type type-article\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t            \t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<p>But firearms advocates say fears of lead poisoning are &#8220;unsupported by evidence.&#8221; A rep for the National Shooting Sports Foundation tells NPR he sees an effort afoot to &#8220;diminish people&#8217;s participation in shooting sports or exercise their second amendment rights.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span>This article originally appeared on Newser: <\/span>There&#8217;s a Hidden Hazard in the Air at Gun Ranges<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visiting a shooting range is not without risk, and we aren&#8217;t talking about deadly accidents. Lead dust discharged by firearms is the leading cause of lead poisoning outside the workplace, the Seattle Times reported in a lengthy 2014 investigation. Each time a gun filled with lead-based ammunition is fired, a cloud of lead particles trails <a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/theres-a-hidden-hazard-in-the-air-at-gun-ranges\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-176184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176184\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}