I'm not speaking for Kevin, but in a former life I repaired Linotype machines. The ingots of lead often were suspended in the melting pot as the typesetter worked. The exposure probably would have been by vapor, and by handling the lead both as type and as ingot, and by any small particles ingested. on 7/6/11 11:01 AM, Sharon McCoy at [log in to unmask] wrote: > Kevin--what was the process in typesetting that would release a lot of lead > dust > (was it powder before they melted it?)? -- Linwood Cottage, Sheffield I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. -- Will Rogers