lead anchors

Dave M

Dave M

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Guys ,


What do you think is the long term affests on the human body from using lead for decoy weights ? You think about it you deploy 2 doz dekes with lead weight and then sit and eat your Dunkin Donuts donut , over years of time does the lead resido affect the human body , now granted if you where gloves the deploy the anchors it will not reallly affect you but it is still present in the boat and whatnot , Just wondering what you guys think , this is what happens wehn your hunting partner does not hunt with you and you Have alot of spare time thinking about things like this in the boat yesterday morning , oh ya no ducks either just fighting the wind for the morning 30 MPH out of the East !!! Wind did not help things yesterday morning we set up in our spot which is a west wind spot but mother nature decided we needed an east wind and 3-4 foot seas !!! Oh well rest of the week is mine !!! Thanks guys



Dave M
 
Dave, I'm not sure if it's that harmfull just to handle the lead but I know that pouring it can be. I'ts always the fumes with metals that are dangerous. I used to paint my weights with a good oil based black. Or, there is a recent post about dipping then into plastic coat. Stop worying Dave!!! Go hunting, deploy your lead weights, have a smoke and maybe even eat some bacon too. Trust me, you'll sleep better............................Happy New Year, Kevin
 
Dave there are trace amounts of lead on your hands from handling the weights. That being said it is only trace amounts that if it did get into your body the body can expell them. Trace amounts of lead are a concern for children not adults. Trace amount in a small body are more concentrated than trace amounts in an adult body. If your really concerned you can buy the waterless soaps to clean your hands before eating or smoking. Hell, I always used to close lead sinkers on fishing line with my teeth and it never bothereddddd mmeee vewy much..........................
 
If you are worried about handling the lead anchors, you could buy a can of Monkey Grip rubber dip and cover all your decoy weights. However, the vapors off the rubber compound may get you a little buzzed.
 
Thanks guys, Not really worried about if lead was so bad i would have benn dead years back , i am a toolmaker and we used it all the time to try tooling out , i figure i used about 100lbs of lead in my career , i also used to close split shot with my teeth as well in the past still here , Now i am going to chase some ditch chickens this afternoon !!!!but all great points keep them coming !!!





Thanks guys
 
Dave, I don't have any studies or educational background on this, just experience. I've been pouring fishing jigs (tens of thousands) since the early 80s and making/pouring lead hammers at work for the last 20+ years so I asked for a lead check on my last Physical. Doc told me that if my lead levels were at 16 or higher (don't know if that is ppm or oz per lb or what) that we would draw more blood and do more accurate testing. Lead levels were 2!!! Now Dave McCann will tell ya that the lead isn't in my blood cause it all settled in my a$$ but...
As far as precautions, yeah I try to wash my hands after handling it and to ventilate the area I'm pouring but neither happens with any real regularity. I've been told inhalation happens when the lead reaches a certain temp and "vaporizes". I've also been told that those vapor particles enter your lungs and get into the blood stream and lodge in the bone marrow and that those particles accumulate there eventually causing lead poisoning. I do try to keep the temp of the lead as low as possible when I'm pouring but I still clamp split shot with my teeth. If your only exposure to lead is your decoy anchors I'd bet you have a long and healthy hunting "career" ahead of you.
Now if someone has some book learnin on this to dispute what I've "heard" I hope they speak up.

George
 
Dave, Dangerous, Dangerous You know it effects all duck hunters and fisherman. They all aren't quite right. They obsess on decoys, boats, guns. spinning wings, migrations, Fishermen are the same. The average person will tell you their not quite right.... Once the damage is done I guess you just have to live with it......That's why they have sites like this.. therapy...

 
I dip mine in latex house paint every couple of years. About three coats is enough to seal them up for keeps.
 
Unless you have lead oxides or something similar, solid lead is not particularly dangerous to touch for the amount of time you handle an anchor. So the aforesaid suggested coatings should be sufficient.

Don't melt it and breath the fumes.........when making an anchor.

Matt
 
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George,

As you can see, the possible solutions to your "derriere" problem are endless.
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Dave, i think you're worrying about someting for nothing. I've been handling lead sinkers and making sinkers all my life. I'm now 62. I dont think that holding sinkers and decoys anchors is a problem. Now if you eat one, PHEW, you've got a problem. As you digestive track tries to desolve the lead and the lead enters your blood stream you will probably start to notice that you are not as smart as you once was, a symptom of lead poisoning. The involuntary musles in your digestive track try to move along the anchor where it becomes lodged in your small intestine and you will probably subcome to constipation.
 
Dave,I wouldn't worry about it.People that handle lead all their life,usually live to around 64 years.A little less if you smoke or chew,and longer if you wear gloves allot.
 
I have a few molds and have made several dozen last summer. I am careful to try not to breath the fumes by working outside on a makeshift bench, but have noticed the drowsy effects of melting and pouring lead all day. As far as handling the unfinished weights, I try to wash my hands, but I'm sure some particles get ingested from contact between my hands to mouth. I like the idea of coating them in rubber. I may try that with some and see how they hold up.
 
would be fun to post the environmental issues with lead.....but WE WOULD ALL FALL ASLEEP READING IT.....

Things like,,,

lead in fuel (now banned by law)
lead in water (no more lead solder by law)
lead paint (no more lead in paint by law)
lead in the air
lead in soil

and so on

and how it got there and how it gets into the body.....

A huge amount of literature on such......
I think I will drink rum and smoke cigars instead.....and live long
 
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