Can handling lead and melting cause lead poisoning?

Lead poisoning comes from ingestion of lead in one form or another. If during handling lead, you got some on your hands and then it got ingested or in contact with mucus membranes, it could cause lead poisoning.
Lead can not be inhaled causing the person inhaling to become lead poisoned. Lead found in paint has been known to powderize and be inhaled but this is still a form of direct contact, pure molten (liquid) lead can not be inhaled because it is not free floating as a powder lead.

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