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Chicago has the most lead pipes in the nation

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102 points Brajeshwar | 1 comments | 31 Aug 25 01:27 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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keepamovin ◴[03 Sep 25 06:01 UTC] No.45112662[source]▶
Lead leads to above normal hostility and aggression. Lead paint, lead petrol, lead pipes - all must go. And maybe some kind of protection at shooting ranges?

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6068756/

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10393136/

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SapporoChris ◴[03 Sep 25 12:10 UTC] No.45114787[source]▶
Adequate ventilation will reduce the lead exposure. There are alternatives to using lead for bullets which would eliminate the exposure.
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keepamovin ◴[03 Sep 25 13:17 UTC] No.45115395[source]▶
Nice. What are the bullet alternatives?
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badlucklottery ◴[03 Sep 25 14:19 UTC] No.45116126[source]▶
Solid copper projectiles are the primary leadless solution on the market but they're much more expensive than the traditional copper jacket over lead core construction.

There's also solutions like Federal Syntech (https://www.federalpremium.com/handgun/syntech/) that doesn't get rid of the lead but fully encapsulates it to avoid the airborne lead problem.

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1. kayfox ◴[04 Sep 25 00:06 UTC] No.45121829[source]▶
In addition to Federal Syntech there is Speer Lawman, which is a bullet type called TMJ or Total Metal Jacket. Lawman has lead free primers. There is a green box variant called RHT that does not use lead in the bullets.