I have an Aunt who died a couple of years ago, in her late 80's. She was the youngest of 9 childred in a small villeage in east/central Louisiana. Some years earlier, I think when she was in her late 50's to early 60's she started haveing some headaches.,so they did some x rays and discovered what appeared to be a small bullet lodged in her brain. My mother who was 16-18 years older said that when the aunt was an infant that they had her outside on a back porch when she suddenly started crying and bleeding from a spot on her head. Apparently the bleeding stopped rather quickly and and she stopped crying. I was told she was never carried to a doctor, nearest was probably about 10 miles away at that time. Anyway the doctors said the object had no bearing on her headaches, and they stopped on their own after a few weeks. We, being nephews and neices nicknamed her leadhead after that. She lived I am guessing about another 30 years with that little piece of lead in her head with no problems.I can't believe they left lead inside of your body. And here we're worried about handling pellets and slugs.
That's very good of you revoman!
Really strange, a scanner like mentioned also generates x rays, probably at a much lower doseage than some of the x ray types that require the use of film.The barking stupid comment has a basis. Dogs bark at things they do not understand. Scrap metal dealers were the source of my ire the last few years I was working. It is difficult to scrap X-ray equipment, major companies have national policies that refuse to accept X-ray equipment due to radiation fears. Let's just ignore the laws of physics shall we? Radiation therapy equipment is very different and dangerous, scrap X-ray equipment has zero residual radiation, that is physically impossible. Hint: They will not accept a dental panoramic X-ray machine. They will accept a dental panoramic scanner. All about words. Barking stupid. Rather like claiming your boat is radioactive because you have a radar unit.
Well, a lot of scientific studies have shown that lead to the brain can cause an onboard computer malfunction. Just sayin'.I have an Aunt who died a couple of years ago, in her late 80's. She was the youngest of 9 childred in a small villeage in east/central Louisiana. Some years earlier, I think when she was in her late 50's to early 60's she started haveing some headaches.,so they did some x rays and discovered what appeared to be a small bullet lodged in her brain. My mother who was 16-18 years older said that when the aunt was an infant that they had her outside on a back porch when she suddenly started crying and bleeding from a spot on her head. Apparently the bleeding stopped rather quickly and and she stopped crying. I was told she was never carried to a doctor, nearest was probably about 10 miles away at that time. Anyway the doctors said the object had no bearing on her headaches, and they stopped on their own after a few weeks. We, being nephews and neices nicknamed her leadhead after that. She lived I am guessing about another 30 years with that little piece of lead in her head with no problems.
Bottom line a small piece of lead in the body does not necessarily lead to long term health problems