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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2277512, member: 42773&quot;]Well, my boys love to fish, and they&#039;ve been handling lead fishing weights for years - that&#039;s the reason the question even came up with my doctor pal. It turns out your skin is a fairly impermeable barrier when it comes to the few atoms of lead that might rub off on it. The Romans were poisoned not because they handled lead, but because they drank the water that flowed through lead pipes their entire lives.</p><p><br /></p><p>This does go to the numismatic question: lead coinage would not have been harmful to anyone by ordinary use in commerce.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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