Can you get lead poisoning from just holding lead weights?

To be honest pencils don't have lead in them that I know of, so you should be safe, lead is pretty dangerous though, hats why they stopped putting it in household paints, pencils etceera.

I don't know anyone who has had it but I can ive you info on it. LEAD POISIONING:Damage to the nervous system, red blood cells & digestive system caused by the accumulation of lead in the...

please chek another doc.

It is highly unlikely that he is dying from lead poisoning, if he attended hospital they would have removed it and treated him. If the bullet was copper jacket the amount of lead would be negligib...

NO! The ink in pens do not contain lead. You should not be doing this it looks tacky and cheap, it is worse than tattoos and even those are tacky! If you were meant to have pictures, draw...

So, the first thing I would do if I saw symptoms consistent with lead exposure is take a very good history - for example: how old is the patient's house (does he have lead based paint on the w...

Our kids' pediatricians routinely did lead screening as part of well-baby and well-child care. We live in an area with many older homes containing lead paint.

If you're really worried about it just go to your primay care doc and get them to run a lead level and blood test on your kid. It's the easiest way to calm your nerves. Alternatively he...