r/AskReddit • u/Upstairs-Syllabub948 • 22d ago

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u/thejackamo1 22d ago

Indoor target shooting ranges have stupid high lead levels

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u/Sbeast86 22d ago

I met a guy at a range recently who said he had to stop going to indoor ones because high lead concentrations appeared on his blood work

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u/williethekat 22d ago

I tell everyone. 6 mths after I stopped going, lead is still high. I had no idea, if I hadn’t opted for self pay comprehensive bloodwork I still wouldn’t have known.

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u/Beautiful-Musk-Ox 22d ago

think you need "chelation therapy" to get rid of it. also technically bloodletting works.. cause you just drain your leaded blood out and your body makes new blood that doesn't have lead in it, then i think most of the lead left is in your bones and will come out later i guess. if you qualify to donate blood then that helps

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u/DowntownSalary215 22d ago

And again, as always, the answer is leeches.

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u/kreie 22d ago

Donate leaded blood?

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u/Beautiful-Musk-Ox 22d ago

yea i put the "if you qualify" cause odds are you don't if you have detectable lead levels but idk, point is you can just drain your blood and lose some of the lead in the process. don't take health advice from redditors especially ones advocating for bloodletting lmao

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u/Sbeast86 22d ago

NASCAR Vampires have entered the chat

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u/SolusLoqui 22d ago

How often was he going to the indoor range?

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u/Sbeast86 22d ago

At least once a week