lead poisoning

[tunaman]

Last night, caught a 800g bream with a pice of lead in it, with the hook
and line still attached to it, laying in the gut. Looks like its been there
for quite some time.
Would this fish be safe to eat?




signed tunaman

[warrior]

mate that small amount of lead wouldnt hurt ,not enough would get into his system you probably ingest more lead walking around the streets,i install lead on the rooves for the building trade and as long as it is not ingested you are fine,had lead tests regularly and my blood level has never changed ovet two years,always be careful to wash regularly when using this item.cheers AL

[-spiro-]

Same as already stated- i work with dry blend that gets made into plastic. I get tested every 6 months or so for lead. But if your unsure don't eat it..... 8-)

[Smailesy]

when in dought throw it out

[Cruiser]

Last night, caught a 800g bream with a pice of lead in it...

How much did it weigh after you took the lead out ? ;D

[Nic]

Plenty has been written about water birds dying after ingesting a lead sinkers, but I haven't read anything about someone getting lead poisoning from a fish that's eaten a sinker. I'd still err on the side of caution though and not eat it -- and I definitely wouldn't let a child eat it, as they're more suceptible to lead poisoning.

[tug_tellum]

[quote author=tunaman link=1156771677/0#0 date=1156771677]Last night, caught a 800g bream with a pice of lead in it
maybe someone weighed it in for a fishing comp.75mm bream weighing 800grms.must remember this for next fraser fishing comp. ;D ;D ;D

[S.S.]

If it was caught in a marina or Sydney Harbour, definitely not but I'd have no dramas eating it if it was caught in an estuary or along a surf beach :)

[Dirtysanchez]

So much for everything on the TV you see about letting the fish go with the hook stuck in their mouth instead of risking injury to the fish by trying to do your own piscatorial dentistry work !!

I caught a Bream years ago which had a rusted remnant of a hook protruding from it's ar$e.. looked like the hook had gone right through his system :-/

I tried to pull it out, the fish dropped dead :-?

[longtail]

i would rather put it in a crab pot then take a chance ;)



Jason.

[tunaman]

Cruiser. LOL. how about 798gm,s LOL. Longtail. Good idea for a suspect
fish. dirtysandez. Give,s blowing it out your arse a new meaning ;D
LOL. LeeannP. not a sydney fish, this one didnt glo in the dark.
Tug tellem. Fraser bream are so big, they would chew it , and spit it
back at you ;D. Nic. your commonsence show,s that you are person that care,s ;). Smailesy. so true ;). Sprio. again, so true ;)Warrior. No worries,
I will tell my cat tommorrow.LOL. after his blood test. ;D. But the reason
why I asked, because the gut was stained by the sinker.
It was a good fat bream too, would of went well with garlic and lemmon.


signed tunaman

[roz]

thats a really interesting question.

Personally I wouldn't take the chance, after all, if it's in the digestive tract, what's stopping traces of lead from spreading through out the entire fish.

I would go with Jason's idea. Where is Dicer when you need him???

[Green]

Spiro, you into the pvc extrusion game as well? I used to mix at vinidex.

Interesting question tunaman, you say the gut was stained, what colour?
I couldn't imagine a sinker bowlin anyone over.

[DICER]

Hi there - I wouldn't eat this fish. After corrosion of the lead sinker I think that you'd find the lead levels to be very high. Think of the amount of time it has been in the fish gut - and this would be proportionate to the total level in the fish you'd consume.

We all know what heavy metals do - they severely affect your mental ability over the long term and over the short term can cause sickness. This is an understatement and more details about symptoms are listed in the links below.

Think back to the people who use to strip lead paint off the walls and how sick they became. Whether it be inhaled or ingested, don't risk it even on your cat. For instance the cats were first to go with the Minamata disease (mercury poisoning) in japan. No need to retest this on your poor mogey.

In Holland (where I am currently a resident) they are very particular about using non-lead sinkers or sinkers that have a very thick plastic coating. A similar process should be started here in Australia.

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~toxmetal/TXQA.shtml
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~toxmetal/TXQApb.shtml
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~toxmetal/TXSH.shtml
http://www.ansci.cornell.edu/plants/toxicagents/lead/lead.html

[Dirtysanchez]

Dicer,
I am in the Electronics industry and have customers who use Lead based solders to mount components to boards all day long, some get their workers tested annualy and they never seem to show any increase level of lead in the blood.. any ideas why that would be ?

Fortunately the E.U. have insisted any new consumer electronics imported into Europe be free of lead, so it has turned the industry on its head !!

[tunaman]

Green. When I gutted the bream, the rig was a 1/0 bream hook, with the ball sinker tied only 3cm,s from the hook. The hook it self, was caught
in the gut opening, with the ball sinker laying in the stomach.
A very primative rig if you ask me. It had been there for quit some time.
The stain was at the bottem of the stomach, and it was black in colour,
and the sinker had made a small groove, and stretched the gut with its
weight of it. The sinker was on the bottem, with the hook tied just above.


signed tunaman

[DICER]

Sanchez, solder that has a high tin content melts at a lower temperatures, and is usually desirable (as you already may know). With the lower the melting point, lower volatilization of lead vapour occurs. I'm not sure, but perhaps you also have a good ventilation or a system of fume hood extractors? Nevertheless you probably will have a detectable amount of lead in your system, but it is probably below the safe working limits and no worries to health.