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Plantation Range Closed for Lead Contamination.
« on: February 12, 2023, 05:25:48 PM »
Just heard this, maybe it’s been posted already but couldn’t find it.



https://www.whatcomcounty.us/3603/Plantation-Rifle-Range


I bet it never re-opens. :dunno:

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Re: Plantation Range Closed for Lead Contamination.
« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2023, 05:36:13 PM »
That would be a shame if it doesn’t.
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Re: Plantation Range Closed for Lead Contamination.
« Reply #2 on: February 12, 2023, 05:41:23 PM »
That would be a shame if it doesn’t.

 :yeah:

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Re: Plantation Range Closed for Lead Contamination.
« Reply #3 on: February 12, 2023, 09:00:42 PM »
Lead is a natural element, no such thing as "contamination" just more government BS!  Like climate change, covid, piping open ditches, closing down logging, road abandonment, Spotted owl, wolves, grizzles, etc etc etc! :o :rolleyes: :o
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Re: Plantation Range Closed for Lead Contamination.
« Reply #4 on: February 12, 2023, 09:12:39 PM »
Lead is a natural element, no such thing as "contamination" just more government BS!  Like climate change, covid, piping open ditches, closing down logging, road abandonment, Spotted owl, wolves, grizzles, etc etc etc! :o :rolleyes: :o

That most definitely is not the case.  I have a friend who has been showing signs of dementia for a couple of years.  He has been diagnosed with high levels of lead in his bloodsteam.  It's almost certain that his dementia can be traced to long-time exposure to lead. 

Lead is a known neurotoxin.  That's why you don't see lead in gasoline or paint any longer.
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Re: Plantation Range Closed for Lead Contamination.
« Reply #5 on: February 12, 2023, 09:15:25 PM »
Was up there last fall to sight in and it was just the lanes near the creek (ones to the right near the trees) and the rest was open, but limited. They were hoping to be able to keep open that way.
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Re: Plantation Range Closed for Lead Contamination.
« Reply #6 on: February 12, 2023, 09:49:41 PM »
"That's why you don't see lead in gasoline or paint any longer." quote of Igor

Study up on it!  More government BS!   Took it out of paint back in the day because getto kids were dying from eating it off their walls, hint: they were that hungry.   Out of gas because some flunkie in government, hint: EPA, so they could force the auto industry and oil company's to making a whole bunch of unnecessary changes.

Its also known as, "backdoor gun control measures".   Follow the money trails!!
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Re: Plantation Range Closed for Lead Contamination.
« Reply #7 on: February 12, 2023, 09:59:25 PM »
"That's why you don't see lead in gasoline or paint any longer." quote of Igor

Study up on it!  More government BS!   Took it out of paint back in the day because getto kids were dying from eating it off their walls, hint: they were that hungry.   Out of gas because some flunkie in government, hint: EPA, so they could force the auto industry and oil company's to making a whole bunch of unnecessary changes.

Its also known as, "backdoor gun control measures".   Follow the money trails!!


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Re: Plantation Range Closed for Lead Contamination.
« Reply #8 on: February 13, 2023, 05:57:30 AM »
Bellingham is giving seattle/portland competition for most liberal wackiness city.  I would lean more towards anti-2A movement than lead contamination. If people in that area were that concerned about contamination they would start by cleaning up the bay; one of the worst in the country.

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Re: Plantation Range Closed for Lead Contamination.
« Reply #9 on: February 13, 2023, 06:53:57 AM »
Nature. It's cheaper than therapy.

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Re: Plantation Range Closed for Lead Contamination.
« Reply #10 on: February 13, 2023, 07:01:29 AM »
Lead poisoning has been known as a serious problem for decades.

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2022/oct/27/after-50-years-of-shooting-plantation-rifle-range-/

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Re: Plantation Range Closed for Lead Contamination.
« Reply #11 on: February 13, 2023, 07:06:08 AM »
Lead is a natural element, no such thing as "contamination" just more government BS!  Like climate change, covid, piping open ditches, closing down logging, road abandonment, Spotted owl, wolves, grizzles, etc etc etc! :o :rolleyes: :o

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Re: Plantation Range Closed for Lead Contamination.
« Reply #12 on: February 13, 2023, 07:23:03 AM »
Not debating whether lead is good or bad for ya.
Definitely slippery slope,I'm sure we are headed for lead free bullets for hunting . old Washington follow in California foot steps as normal.
With that said .....
I have enough lead bullets for hunting purposes to last me a lifetime,maybe two lifetimes.
But don't worry guys .....
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Re: Plantation Range Closed for Lead Contamination.
« Reply #13 on: February 13, 2023, 07:34:33 AM »
I hope it can stay open.  I too have been shooting up there since the early 1990's when I moved to the north sound.   

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Re: Plantation Range Closed for Lead Contamination.
« Reply #14 on: February 13, 2023, 01:39:07 PM »
"That's why you don't see lead in gasoline or paint any longer." quote of Igor

Study up on it!  More government BS!   Took it out of paint back in the day because getto kids were dying from eating it off their walls, hint: they were that hungry.   Out of gas because some flunkie in government, hint: EPA, so they could force the auto industry and oil company's to making a whole bunch of unnecessary changes.

Its also known as, "backdoor gun control measures".   Follow the money trails!!

I have seen first hand the effects of lead on a human. It's toxicity and it's effect on cognitive function are very real. There is really no doubt at all as to what taking lead out has done, positively for the health of all of us.

The range closing really sucks. It was a good facility. It is not terribly surprising though. The contamination has been known to be there a long long time. I am unsure as to what the real exposure pathways are.  The biggest issue is that he creek adjacent to the range flows to Lake Samish. Many people draw their water from the lake. I still doubt that there would be elevated lead levels in the lake itself though.

I know a good bit about lead, the range and why it is being shut down. It will be interesting to see who goes off the rails here and asserts facts that are not facts.

 


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