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The Trace Warns 6 Million Kids at Risk From Lead Ammo

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The Trace ran Fairriona Magee's Oct. 21 Bulletin report that six million U.S. children live with people who fire lead ammunition and skip post-shooting hygiene, leaving the children open to lead. A Harvard public-health study tied higher area firearm licensure rates to higher child blood lead levels. Christian Hoover of the Firearm Exposure Research Team told Magee the risk exceeds common belief and urged changing clothes after range time plus keeping range gear out of the house.

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