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#2662
Speaking of Lead
1maurscuba - 11/05/2009 8:22 PM
Category: Survey
Replies: 50

Anyone concerned about lead leaching into the pools we train in or our oceans?? I am, so I purchased pocket weights. ( Pocket weights.com ) Seems to reduce the exposure to lead better than other weights. What do you use??
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John_giu - 1/26/2010 7:48 PM
[Choose #3] Yeah well as long as China is still building coal fired electrical plants I wont be worried about COP ON TRADE or some lead leaching from my dive weights.. SHESSSSSSS!!
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Pixel - 12/22/2009 9:36 AM
[Choose #4] A combonation of pocket and soft weights. I’m too clumsy for ordinary lead bricks. lol
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Dougc - 12/15/2009 1:14 PM
[Choose #1] I’ve had this same concern...thank you for the intell!!
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Bigdogdown - 11/22/2009 4:31 PM
[Choose #3] and soft weights
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Johnx15 - 11/18/2009 6:37 PM
[Choose #5] hardweights never worry about it
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MDW - 11/10/2009 11:47 AM
[Choose #5] Other: steel tanks = no lead
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scubadiver1 - 11/07/2009 6:51 PM
[Choose #4] I just recently read an article on a divers exposure to lead,(not that it was a current article because I’m not up to date with my subscriptions, also I can’t find it now but I believe the article was in either Dive Training or Northeast Dive News.
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scubaTim50 - 11/07/2009 7:53 AM
[Choose #5] what ever the boat master gives me to use..kinda of hard to fly with weights...lol... silly
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seawolfdiving - 11/06/2009 9:49 PM
[Choose #3] please, don’t get me started. any lead that "might" leach into the water from dive weights is insignificant.. . But it makes a good sales point...
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DiveBuddyChgo - 11/06/2009 9:37 PM
[Choose #2] Then you would not like to know how many tons of lead is used each day for hunting..
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MonkeyDiver - 11/06/2009 7:12 PM
[Choose #1] I don’t think you understand the chemistry.
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LatitudeAdjustment - 11/06/2009 2:53 PM
[Choose #3] Depleted uranium, keeps me down, warm and I don’t need those chemglow sticks:)
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pmombourquette - 11/06/2009 1:23 PM
[Choose #2] You need to actually chew on the lead for it to be injested
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steelheadfish - 11/06/2009 1:11 PM
[Choose #5] i make my own from no 2 lead shot from a sporting goods store