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CatalinaWOW:
I've long had the theory that the "Hot Wheels" style tricycles were/are the cause of many serious automobile accidents.  The low center of gravity of this style tricycle makes them much safer for young children.  And because of this they learn and try many crazy things that would have resulted in bumps, bruises, broken bones and worse on the older style tricycles.  Those opportunities to learn the relationship between actions and consequences must be learned later when the consequences are much more severe and the potential for learning may not be as great.  Those young years are called the formative years for a reason.

The same theory applies to many of the safety features that have been mandated over the years.
thm_w:

--- Quote from: DenzilPenberthy on February 11, 2021, 04:34:29 pm ---You are entirely correct.  Which is why lead flashing is not such a problem. It stays in large sheets which get recycled.  Domestic use of lead solder will end up in landfill.  All of my bench sweepings at work get dealt with in the same waste stream as other electronics waste.  How many home-gamers have a dedicated waste bin for solder scraps that gets properly dealt with by a licensed hazardous waste contractor?? 0%?

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Do you not have a local recycling facility? I would never throw electronics waste in the trash, it all goes to the recycling depot.
https://www.recyclenow.com/dont-bin-it-bring-it
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Waste_Recycling_Fee
coppercone2:
cider, red meat and cigarettes
zl2wrw:

--- Quote from: Monkeh on February 11, 2021, 06:25:32 pm ---
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--- Quote from: Yansi on February 10, 2021, 11:55:25 am ---And you're not even living in EU... those fuckturd want to even ban lead ammunition. (To be replaced by much more dangerous steel one)

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The British army were considering banning lead 20 years ago due to it beeing "hazedous to health" Like it made much difference to you when travelling through you at supersonic speeds.

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Actually the concern in that regard is lead dust on indoor ranges. Adequate ventilation is a sufficient solution, however.

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As far as "health hazards" are concerned, the whole point of bullets is to be dangerous (if you couldn't use them to tear a hole through an animal from a distance, they would be kinda useless...), but arguably there is nothing to be gained by having a bullet continue to be dangerous for quite some length of time after it has been fired and has come to a stop.

Part of the concern about lead in indoor ranges is not just the projectiles, but the primers (the part of the cartridge that ignites the gunpowder when struck by the firing pin) - Lead Styphnate is a common priming composition, and you can probably figure out what happens to the lead when the priming composition burns...
(Mercury Fulminate used to be used for primers before lead styphnate was common, but it was replaced with lead styphnate mostly because of corrosion issues with firearm barrels rather than concerns about mercury exposure)

As far as outdoor shooting is concerned, there are also concerns about environmental lead contamination. Rain water picks up CO2 from the air forming (dilute) Carbonic Acid, which reacts with metallic lead to form Lead Carbonate (which is water soluble). In New Zealand, when hunting waterfowl, it is illegal to use lead shotgun pellets because waterfowl swallow small stones, about the size of shotgun pellets, and use these to grind up food inside their crop. In California, hunters have to use non-lead bullets because of concerns about scavengers like the California Condor ingesting lead fragments in the entrails etc left behind by hunters.

Quite recently our great illustrious leaders here in NZ banned steel shotgun pellets (and pretty much all other steel ammunition), but after a small farce, they had to go back and change the rules so that steel shotgun pellets were specifically exempted from the ban  |O
Monkeh:

--- Quote from: zl2wrw on February 14, 2021, 12:27:39 am ---Quite recently our great illustrious leaders here in NZ banned steel shotgun pellets (and pretty much all other steel ammunition), but after a small farce, they had to go back and change the rules so that steel shotgun pellets were specifically exempted from the ban  |O

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This is what happens when you legislate without comprehension. Are they related to Yansi, by any chance?
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