Why is Lead Bad For Humans?

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Given that humans have been using lead in various product for over 8,000 years (with the first known mining of it in Anatolia around 6500 BCE), you might be surprised to learn that we have known that lead is dangerous and shouldn’t be trifled with since at least 150 BC, when its effects on the human body were noted by famed Greek physician Nicander of Colophon. Nicander even went so far as to describe the metal as “deadly”, writing extensively on the crippling effects it has on the human body in his work, Alexipharmaca.
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chemistry.about.com/od/howthingsworkfaqs/f/leadpoisoning.htm
www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/lead-poisoning/basics/symptoms/con-20035487
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3442387
www.atsdr.cdc.gov/csem/csem.asp?csem=7&po=10
penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/wine/leadpoisoning.html
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3430923/
penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/aconite/nicander.html
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1671748
kidshealth.org/parent/firstaid_safe/home/lead_poisoning.html
www.nrdc.org/health/effects/flead.asp
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_poisoning

[@rev_lunar]

"Though lead has no useful function in the body, it's happy to jump on and give it's best college try." 😂😂🤣

[@Reckec]

Too bad it graduated from the Mail order College of Mogadishu.

[@jameslawrence2291]

Fact of the day: All fungi are edible; some only once.

[@jhoughjr1]

james lawrence All bleeding stops.

[@jameslawrence2291]

@@jhoughjr1 😂🤣😂

[@audrey4506]

james lawrence why is this too funny. I’m dead 😂😂🤣☠️

[@sdmitch16]

@@audrey4506 Ate the fungi, ey?

[@sdmitch16]

You can skydive without a parachute, but only once.

[@micahphilson]

Greeks, ~150 BC: "Lead is deadly!" Greeks, ~100 AD: "Lead makes the mind give way!" Romans: *_"When we drink wine from lead-lined cups, it makes it taste sweeter!"_*

[@tamsenmillerbaum]

Americans...let's put it in gasoline and paint and use it for water pipes.

[@sredson]

@@tamsenmillerbaum dammit you beat me to it!

[@TorutheRedFox]

not to mention the fact that the water pipes in Pompeii were found to be entirely out of lead, with the only thing protecting the people living there being the layer of calcium that built up and lined the walls of the pipes

[@Anonymous-qb4vc]

You can notice decline in IQ

[@ryanbruh752]

@@TorutheRedFox lead turns people low iq and they start doing autistic shit like being attracted to the same sex. Like the Romans

[@HealedCoyote997]

The original term for Lead was Plumbum (as in plumbing) which is why the symbol for Lead is Pb.

[@horner385]

In Romanian lead is plumb

[@typograf62]

Also the origin of the job of plumber, one who fixes the plumbum piping.

[@Kara_Kay_Eschel]

Plumbum? isn't that a term for an amply shaped posterior?

[@Volodimar]

^ Absolute Nobody:

[@bodkinofnurk8898]

@@horner385 Romanian is one of the 5 true latin languages.

[@clemstevenson]

Lead is lethal, especially when administered in the form of bullets.

[@kerriwilson7732]

Lead is lethal, especially at high velocities?

[@hellsonion514]

@@kerriwilson7732 it is known to be the most effective migraine cure when administered through the skull in that fashion.

[@clemstevenson]

@@kerriwilson7732 low velocity arsenic works quite well.

[@kerriwilson7732]

@@hellsonion514 saw on tv where a guy had a tooth ache, got drunk, & tried to shoot the tooth out. Bullet came out his eye. When he sobered up I bet he still had a migraine.

[@TheNewblade1]

Its even more deadly when placed in a people's water to control them.

[@BobTheGodly]

So basically lead is like having a kid who wants to be helpful, it's just going to slow things down, mess with things that were fine on its own and take decades to get rid of.

[@XXXkazeXXX]

BTG Animation 😂👍🏼

[@BobTheGodly]

Thanks I am known for being funny that's why I animate, and the fact I have a face that's not "Camera friendly" whatever that means. @@XXXkazeXXX

[@shebbs1]

Pretty much!

[@akehapkap6143]

Good one 😂😂😂

[@BobTheGodly]

Yeah I tend to come up with funny garbage all the time that's why I animate. That way I have to choose only the gilded trash to use. @@akehapkap6143

[@richlee3777]

I grew up next to the largest lead-silver refinery in the world, in Trail, BC, Canada. I also spent some time working there, mostly in the lead baghouse, which collected lead dust. Yes, literally walking around in piles of lead. It was definitely an experience. We had our blood checked every 2 weeks to make sure that our lead levels weren't getting out of control. Interesting story! They actually used to think that milk decreased lead levels, so the plant actually had it's own dairy farm. Workers got free milk! Less lead in the blood! Until they realized that the milk was drawing the lead into the bones, as it tried to replace the calcium there.

[@Legocatshouse]

That is a terrifying story, I hope your mental and physical health is well.

[@CanadianNinjaify]

I’m literally watching this because I’ve been surfing a wave down stream of that smelter on the Columbia. Not realizing they’ve dumped insane amounts of slag and out pollutants into the river.

[@Demonai_Warrior]

Simon: *List all the symptoms lead exposure leads to.* Me: *Looks myself over and feels like I have all of those.*

[@davidnievesjr.9478]

"No safe level of lead..." Yet, the authorities in Flint, Michigan will insist that there is.

[@smashgambits]

Not to debate about that water, but notice that he said "no safe level of lead *in the blood.*" There's a difference between trace amounts of lead in drinking water and lead buildup in the blood. I'm not a biologist so I can't tell you the relationship between lead concentration in drinking water vs blood levels, but just something to look out for.

[@davidnievesjr.9478]

@@smashgambits I didn't even catch that. I just heard "no safe level" and I instantly thought about those poor kids and how the government is forcing the people to pay exorbitant amounts of money for dirty water.

[@fredworthmn]

Just as an aside the Flint fiasco had to do with the affect the new water source had on the old Flint lead pipes. The old pipes had a crust of water residue which protected the public from the lead. The chemicals needed to treat the new water source also cleared off this crust on the old pipes exposing the public to the lead itself. Why they had used lead in the first place when all this damage was known I don't know.

[@davidnievesjr.9478]

@@fredworthmn I just recently learned it all started when they switched to a new water source. I didn't know about that build up inside the pipes you mentioned, though.

[@scottmantooth8785]

perhaps not "safe" but present at acceptable levels by local authorities who care about your health and well being but live far outside the areas effected

[@doctorlolchicken7478]

Colonel Mustard also experienced the dangers of lead. Over the back of the head. In the library.

[@IJustWantToUseMyName]

We lost the lead pipe for our game, so now we have a toothpick spray painted gray. Hardly seems as deadly.

[@scottmantooth8785]

clearly he was not so keen an observer of details and human nature as the thought himself as being

[@dangerousmythbuster]

@@IJustWantToUseMyName Why not replace it with an actual piece of lead?

[@IJustWantToUseMyName]

dangerousmythbuster Colonel Mustard may have suspected something if another piece of lead pipe showed up. A toothpick would have caught him completely unawares.

[@MrAdryan1603]

Aahahaha

[@Pommezul]

*Well, now I understand why my mother always told me that heavy metal wasn't a good thing.*

[@Pining_for_the_fjords]

I'm glad she lead you towards more wholesome types of music and more wholesome types of metal.

[@Pommezul]

@@wombatzzzz8446 Don't even try it your naughty dog. :3

[@wombatzzzz8446]

Pommersch Wolf rawr

[@surajrk8776]

I think your mother know about something called slow poison

[@thomasturner6980]

But are humans bad for lead?

[@HealedCoyote997]

Have you seen what humans do to lead? Making pipes, and shooting lead out of guns and cannons.

[@xthunderclesx]

I think statistically humans are bad for everything except humans. Wait, scratch that, humans are bad for everything. Wherever we go "there goes the neighborhood."

[@madamii]

Of course! Do you know how many pounds of lead that are used and abandoned every year? Getting put into weapons without their consent?

[@Atomic_Haggis]

No, because we give it a place to live for decades without charging any rent.

[@rydemk4168]

Kiotor #Justice for lead

[@SwordOfApollo]

Lead was very useful for its malleability. It's a shame it had to be so toxic.

[@ivansexe1769]

Also, lead powder is extremely white, holding the color well, and tastes sweet! Hence why it was great for kettles, cauldrons, paint, and makeup!

[@tom_something]

Let them use gold then.

[@GerManBearPig]

@@ivansexe1769 It's sweet as Lead Acetate (=combined with Vinegar) so that was a common occurence. Also you could mix that with sugar to kill someone

[@2911oscar]

same as asbestos

[@contaminationawareness9393]

Shame any neurotoxins exist in the first place.

[@franzfanz]

It's like that educational film I saw starring Troy McClure. "Lead Paint: Delicious But Deadly."

[@barrybritcher]

True fact, the guy who voiced Troy McClure got shot by his wife. (Shot dead)

[@franzfanz]

​@@barrybritcher Phil Hartman. He was originally case as Zapp Brannigan but got replaced with Billy West after his death.

[@HereForTheComments]

*"Two or three..."* Years? Wow... *"Decades."* AAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!

[@andreapatane4204]

I'm glad that I didn't have lead poisoning, but a friend of mine that I had a special romantic feeling toward back when we were both 6th Grade students at my former middle school got it. The condition that he had was so bad that plenty of adults had to take this opportunity to observe the palm of his hand. It was unknown if he had to go to the school nurse or not that day. Safety first when you're around lead at all times.

[@Fayanora]

One of the symptoms of lead poisoning is also a reduced ability to taste salt. Which is part of why the ancient Romans ate so much of the stuff - because they used lead in their pipes, at the very least as a sealant. They apparently ate so much salt in their diet that even the most salt-hungry American would be disgusted by the excess salt in Roman food.

[@ZeusTheIrritable]

So lead is like my friend Anthony at every job ever: An enthusiastic failure who manages to break things, experiment with chemicals, and not follow proper procedures, all the while managing to somehow stay around for years. Fantastic!

[@BoffinGrusky]

It's doubly dangerous in Chicago.... if you catch my drift.

[@theatheistpaladin]

I am sorry but that idea when over like a lead balloon. j/k :P

[@rydemk4168]

Or, you know, in a war.

[@TheShaftOfMinecraft]

That was an awesome body picture that shows effects of lead

[@blueskyla7978]

So if I had some unknown lead poisoning as a kid but didn’t know it, and I could easily have in the 80’s, it could account for my anxiety and terrible appetite I always remember having and to this day still do. At 35 it may only now be going away depending how old I was if I was exposed.

[@MrJeffcoley1]

I knew people in El Paso, TX who had lived in Smelterville, a small neighborhood for the workers next to the ASARCO smelter. Their homes were built on the slag pile and everything was thoroughly contaminated with lead and other heavy metals. It was shut down and the people relocated in the early 1960’s. None of them seemed to be suffering any long-term effects from their exposure.

[@EinkOLED]

I used to have a fear of lead, in fact it gave me OCD and had to protect myself from getting in contact with it.

[@aar3682]

how you doing now, i have ocd to environmental contamination too.

[@deadinside8781]

I'm experiencing that now!

[@Atomic_Haggis]

Very informative. You and your team(s) create some of the best content on this here KZbins. New channel? Subbed and belled!!!!

[@ThomasChanSellsOut]

Looked everywhere for an answer to the question of how lead stays in the body. This is the only source that gave a good answer. Good stuff.

[@flavvsdasilver6442]

Sorry, didn't hear a word your said... I was too busy trying to figure out which tab I left open was playing music in the background...

[@Reubenhubert]

When I took college biology classes the action of heavy metals on proteins was discussed. Proteins are complex molecules that twist and fold themselves into complex shapes. Heavy metals degrade those molecules by causing them to unfold and untwist so they are not useful to the body. The proteins that make brain and nervous tissue are especially susceptible to damage caused by these metals. The brain isn’t turned into mush, but the proteins that make the nervous tissue don’t work the way they should.

[@kevinmael3862]

Thank you for the information

[@theindianshiamuslim5777]

Being a history student I love your other channel ,in fact all four of them

[@simplethings3730]

When I was a kid my dad made me wash grease off of industrial parts with Leaded gasoline during summer vacation. I'm 58 years old now and disabled.

[@sredson]

Holy shit. Damn, this is so wrong and upsetting.

[@peppermintmiso4341]

THANK YOU! i've been looking for so long about WHY lead makes you sick. every other article there makes you say "yeah but how?"

[@matthewmartin6873]

Where did the today I found out video of how Nicholas cage went broke go? I loved that video

[@yogeshpathak4400]

Thanks sir for detailed information

[@SimanSlivar]

that's why we have used to to bind wires in soldering and why it was used for so long in water fixtures. It is very good at binding to many types of, well anything.

[@unf3z4nt]

Analogous to why thallium is toxic .... inhibiting potassium ions in your biochemical functions.

[@LONEWOLF-fx8wx]

Great video!

[@GrandstandVideo]

I served US Navy 1980 to 2000. We had a primer paint called Red Lead. We could apply it over rust and it worked fine. I used it extensively. We never were issued any PPE. It was all over our skin and uniform. We used Dry Cleaning solvent PD-680 to clean up. I always wonder if I have been affected by all that including all the greases and hydraulic fluids we used.

[@larrylentini5688]

I don't understand why it was still used in everything up until the last century when its harmful effects were known for so long.

[@bendover5546]

Why do we get a feeling of panic when we get tickled?

[@cirrusfloccus6080]

Johan Ljungqvist Do people get that? Personally I don't know anyone but me and for me it's because of trauma or at least I thought so until I read this comment.

[@bendover5546]

@@cirrusfloccus6080 well i do.. i get a strong feeling of panic, hard to breath and pain.

[@cirrusfloccus6080]

Johan Ljungqvist I just read about it. It seems to be a defense mechanism to little bugs and insects because it tickles when they are crawling on you and they are potentially dangerous. I guess, for some people that means tickling = danger and for some the brain goes more like "well, it's another person that's tickling me, so it's fine".

[@markgoggin4776]

Fight of flight reaction

[@joshuastreet8664]

I smile and laugh when tickled lol

[@rocknrollguitar]

Great one Karl

[@SpamMeGooglification]

Lead is devastating when 340gn flies through the body at 1400fps.

[@evilbarrels2506]

1400 frames per second? How are you rendering bullets that quickly?

[@bensmith4563]

What would that be a 45 70 or so

[@Beryllahawk]

One of the better explanations. Good job! Keeping it succinct isn't easy since the stuff really does muck up everything it touches. biologically speaking. Will you also at some point cover some of the other "bad metals" we've learned about? I seem to recall reading somewhere that at the start of the Industrial Revolution, people were using discarded slag from mines as a kind of weed deterrant for their gardens - the specific mention I'm remembering described a family spreading copper tailings (I assume that means slag, right?) around their hedges to keep down the weeds and grass. Their small child got hold of one such bit of waste and - well the results were of course unfortunate. So it'd be interesting to learn about the history of how we learned what not to put in our gardens and so on. Or even just "why is copper bad for the body" similar to this video.

[@robertwhitley6233]

Saying it's bad for you,bunch of nonsense.I ate lead paint chips as a kid i turned out ahlkjfha;klhflk;jhasf

[@MrAdryan1603]

Lol

[@spider0804]

This could be a whole series Simon, I recommend why is mercury or arsonic bad next.

[@chuckguerin8141]

I beleive all this, as I used to chew lead pellets like gum as a child. Surprised a physciatrist was even able too help me I was so far gone.

[@robroysyd]

Video should have mentioned that metallic lead is quite safe to handle and work with. It's the compounds of lead such as lead acetate (sugar of lead) that are very dangerous. Many lead pipes are still in use as part of the dinking water supply. Problems arise when the pH of the water is not controlled or when lead or alloys containing it were used to store wine.

[@jsmith5052]

Both your GPS and Lead videos have been directly relevant to me at the times of their posting. Quit spying on me. But also thanks for the info.

[@firstlast-cs6eg]

What about mercury? And which is more poisonous, mercury or lead? And I remember hearing that other metals can be used to bind to one of these heavy metals and reduce it's toxicity, but I can't remember whether it was lead or mercury and what metal binded it (cadmium?) If you know anything about that, please do tell.

[@dmac7128]

And to think that lead was once added to gasoline until the late 80's. It has been hypothesized that one of the contributors to lowering the crime rates worldwide has been the ban on leaded gasoline. Given lead's affect on human behavior and the fact that crime rates started to decrease right around the time when lead was being phased out from gasoline, it makes sense.

[@cattraknoff]

Once you've siphoned leaded gasoline once, you'll never wonder if it's a bad idea again. The part of your brain that thinks about those things will be broken.

[@algrayson8965]

We prefer intelligent criminals because they do swindling, cheating, other crimes than knocking us in the head, prying our doors open, personal crimes. If someone steals my car my insurance will buy me another one. If someone carjacks me because he's too low intelligence to steal it without violence it's far worse.

[@winkwink6478]

Thanx ☺

[@ambercrombie789]

Cheery as always. :)

[@glenngoodale1709]

Thanks !!

[@nolanszeto7099]

I have a lot of plastic toys in my room, would bagging them would be enough to protect myself from lead?

[@takeawaykitty.]

Sugar of lead! It's got 100% electrolytes so you know it's good for you!

[@ryanmarshall8925]

It's what the plants crave!!!

[@AuxiliaryPanther]

Brawndo!!!

[@lostpockets2227]

Its got electrolytes!

[@Nor1MAL]

Idiocracy is a movie that should be seen by more people. Perhaps not on "movie night", but perhaps when you are in a coma or something! :P

[@Corsuwey]

If lead were known to be poisonous for several millennia, who got the stupid idea to use it for paint and piping?

[@charlesabramo6782]

It is cheap

[@piranha031091]

The romans did! (Also, a lot ot things were _incorrectly_ known to be poisonous for millenia, and vice-versa!)

[@Bloated_Tony_Danza]

Those aren’t stupid ideas, lead paint is one of the most durable, longest lasting types of paint, and it prevents wood from rotting. It’s extremely opaque so it can be spread thin without needing a second coat, and brushstrokes smooth out flat, allegedly. And lead pipes can be shaped and bent with just your bare hands! It’s abundant so it’s a no brainer why a person living two thousand years ago would use it for just about everything. If lead wasn’t toxic it would be EVERYWHERE, because it’s one of the most useful metals of all

[@user-cj4hz1bp5m]

not to forget putting it in your wine to sweeten it

[@havanadaurcy1321]

I do wonder if too much of it leads to cancer. I know because my father's father contracted lead poisoning and then leaukemia (coroner had the house tested and was alarmed)

[@pohldriver]

I'm not sure about there being no acceptable lead level. I worked at a lead smelter and those that actually worked at or around the smelter had quarterly blood tests to make sure their levels were not climbing too high. Working that close to a lead smelter every day for hours means exposure is unavoidable. After about 9 months there I had my heavy metals checked and i had minimal exposure. Though the contracted janitor, who wasn't supposed to contaminated areas, did get lead poisoning. After a fire in the smelter break area, the workers had to use the general break area and they drug in lead dust on their shoes, which he then in he inhaled. He didn't know it, but they were supposed to clean that breakroom, but they didn't and they never told him not to clean it. He got deathy sick.

[@petercollins7848]

I am sure all this is true, but let’s face it, we have had lead pipes for centuries in this country and yet we became one of the leaders in the world of science , industry and various other disciplines. So it begs the question. If we were all ‘lead zombies’ so to speak, how did we do this? Not to say that we shouldn’t be cleaning up and reducing lead pollution everywhere, but it is a question that needs to be answered.

[@MyKharli]

we used to bite lead weights onto fishing lines ...and I worked on a building site where some guys would chew lead ! Still that might explain a few things ….

[@bunsenn5064]

There are many people who deny that lead is harmful and think it has no negative effects. I always refer to those people as key instances of the effects of lead.

[@adventuresofwillandshelby6013]

Lead in my bones, skin, and blood make me immune to radiation

[@willow.1392]

Can lead from the metal in machinery like old sewing machines get airborne? I have 2 machines made in India. I tested the metal and lead is on every surface! and in the oil. I imagine it gets in the oil from parts moving and friction causing contamination of the oil. But this oil get on my hands, so I wear gloves now. But I really want to know if it can get into the air? How worried should I be. I have to use these machines, they are very specialised and very rare.

[@oslonorway547]

It's bad for EVERYONE: _"Plomo o Plata?"_ Never choose _"Plomo."_

[@nickmoore385]

That reference, I get it.

[@heilhonkler6981]

No Plomo

[@More_Row]

Illy take the cocaine and money and please.

[@nathansmith3608]

_no, gracias, solamente enchiladas de carnitas y frijoles por favor_ (see, I've been to that hood! 😂)

[@bradpara]

Pablo Escobar has entered the chat

[@pisay]

i was expecting an answer on the atomic leve of lead, that is wrt the number of its valence electrons, its ionization energy requirement, etc. i am not an expert on this and may have use some terms incorrectly here but i hope you got the idea.

[@gillianbristol4271]

I have a friend from Cameroon and the dentist put LEAD tp fill his tooth.

[@ivansexe1769]

I worked with a class of 6 "autistic" kids. They ranged from 11 to 15 but were considered to be in 2nd grade. The 15 yr old was a normal kid until he was 6ish and ingested lead paint from in his home. He was the farthest behind in the class. :(

[@syskey]

Well my gtx 1050 ti is made out of lead and i carried all day in my hand without any protection (im 13...) Will i die ?

[@HendraGunawan-tz4fh]

Mr. I want to know, Is it dangerous or poison for human if .human inhale smoke that came out from burning graphite batteries?. Thank you

[@faramund9865]

People often credit the scientific method with all sorts of things. But it turns out humans are pretty good at deducting things without it, hundreds of years before its existence. Of course based on the same simple concept of reasoning.

[@Bitt60]

Are car batteries dangerous to handle .Will acid inside the battery seep out if case is not broken .

[@anepicotter4595]

deadly lead blood level is under 100ppb and to put that into perspective, pretty much every toxin blood level is measured in ppm because having a few thousand parts per billion is usually not a big deal. not with lead.

[@Kenxclout]

Forgot to type this joke yesterday so its a day late, What is the origin of the word "Boob"? The "B" is the aerial view, the "oo" is the front view, the "b" is the side view.

[@declansykes4243]

Wow I haven't heard that for about 10 years haha

[@Sluggii]

That’s been a joke for well over a decade. Real original.

[@Kenxclout]

Buttons it made you take the time out of your day to type that comment so im happy. I got a reaction out of someone thanks!

[@parallel4]

But that's boobs, not boob.

[@ericgora2402]

hey simon question for you why is there 7 days in a week? future possble video idea

[@sylvana6629]

I am overload of lead and mercury thank you for give us advice and I will be more than appreciate how to get rid of this from your body

[@1TakoyakiStore]

Yeah, the most toxic substances to humans usually do end up being inhibitors of bodily processes or tricks the body into thinking it's another substance. I would've liked to have seen a few minutes why lead is toxic and yet a similar substance like Bismuth isn't toxic. Great video regardless.

[@sl0w-p0k3]

I had high lead levels as a kid and im 19 years old now... And I'm just learning exactly what it does to you...

[@deadinside8781]

How are you doing? I have a fear of lead and I'm not doing that great myself. I'm just curious about your experience if you're willing to share.

[@sl0w-p0k3]

@@deadinside8781 I'm doing ok. Could be much worse.. In elementary school they thought I was autistic because I was always angry and I couldn't pay attention ,was always kinda fidgety, so they put me on meds and sent me on my way Wich did not help, I still cannot absorb knowledge if that makes sense... But I have gotten much much better regarding mental health. I can focus a little better and actually learn things lol. I didn't talk until I was 4 or 5 so I just used anger as my means of communication

[@deadinside8781]

@@sl0w-p0k3 That must have been hard. My phobia of lead reappeared but it's not as bad as having been poisoned by it.

[@sl0w-p0k3]

@@deadinside8781 it's a healthy phobia too have that's for sure, I'm more interested in what neurological changes happens to the body and brain than afraid of it bc hey the damage is done right? Lol

[@deadinside8781]

@@sl0w-p0k3 depends how much of it you had and for how long. Your neurons don't connect well but EDNT could have helped and reading does. The body gets rid of some of it til there's too much in the kidneys and liver. Are those somewhat healthy?

[@guernseydonkey17]

Can you do one of your Biographies on Florence Nightingale please

[@torque350hp]

Bad for everything, as lead once made a really good antifoul for boat hulls. It kills everything.

[@asleeperj]

When I worked at a automotive dealership, i always wore gloves when I balanced tires. Guys there called me a bitch, I would laugh it off, but be thinking, "well at least I wont have some type of blood cancer when I'm in my 40s or 50s. BTW for those of you who don't know the counter weights that go on your car's rims to make them balanced are 100% lead.

[@cadenrolland5250]

I still want to see about the time when people used to use "sweet lead" to sweeten food.

[@13anomalous16]

Thinking I should store my guns and ammo somewhere other than my room from now on.

[@FerrariKing]

I would also like to learn about Aluminium.

[@BGerbs66]

Also, plumbing is called plumbing because pipes were made of lead, better known by its Latin name Plumbum.

[@PixelSheep]

Interesting :)

[@davidaward82]

that background tune sounds hauntingly similar to one of the EvE tunes in some ways.

[@awesome1ru]

Where does lead come from?

[@matthewstevens2274]

Simon Whistler, how do you always keep your beard looking so spectacular?

[@gabemartinez2558]

What happens to a person convicted of a crime that becomes legal? For example what would happen to someone in jail for smoking marijuana if it becomes legal?

[@soulsring7823]

Damn I work at a bullet manufacturing facility... 💀

[@kingwah9009]

Is that not good protection against radiation

[@oldben5772]

A mother came to visit with her little boy and I let him have a go with my air rifle. Mum insisted that he scrub his hands immediately after handling just a few pellets. Is lead really that bad? I've often briefly handled lead in my working life and never noticed any symptoms. If you really do know, please reply.

[@kkfoto]

No, it is not toxic to touch solid lead. Lead poisoning results from ingestion or inhalation of particles, or dermal contact with organic lead compounds that are easily absorbed through the skin, such as leaded gasoline (which is not used anymore). Washing your hands never hurts, though :)

[@Legocatshouse]

He could have gotten lead residue on his hands. His next meal he ate by hand could have caused lead exposure. Lead should be avoided in all situations.

[@Autotrope]

Well now I'm terrified

[@eduardcristianfarcas3431]

Yes

[@spearmint4093]

how do i detoxify from it? i have high :( woman 33 years! no kids yet

[@DangerAngelous]

Thank you moderately bearded and glassed Simon of years past

[@AFCAWorldBodybuildingArchive]

Coming out of a gun barrel, lead definitely is dangerous 😨

[@drrocketman7794]

Ok lead...could you give a run down on mercury? I had constant low level exposure for four years in the lighting industry and I'm wondering if it adversely affected my mental health.

[@gmupps]

Anyone else spot the typo at 2:02? Pregnancy compications...

[@zaccuhree2001]

What about lead miniatures?

[@ctg4818]

Romans: Lead is bad. Americans: lets popcorn all the ceilings and make gasoline with it.

[@user-oh6ev7mj5q]

Isnt lead useful to protect against radiation? If I shield my house with lead walls against radiation, which is more dangerous the lead or the radiation?

[@starshinestarbright964]

I heard this too I want to know

[@smelkus]

What about Mercury is that toxic for the same reasons as lead