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They are concerned about lead contaminating firing ranges.
Lead is a mineral that is mined from the ground.
At a firing range, lead bullets are shot back into the ground, into an earthen berm.
I don't get it.
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Exactly. The lead in bullets is elemental lead, which is for all intents and purposes inert unless you have VERY acidic soil. They still pull Mini Balls out of the ground that are still full weight 150 years later.
The problem is almost certainly elsewhere. From old abandoned mines, to old buildings with lead paint, to illegal dumping of appliances and electronics. Those sources discharge ORGANIC lead compounds, which are the problem. Elemental lead is not readily absorbed into the body, organic lead is.