Elemental lead is mostly harmless. Lead ions are where you really start to get into trouble.
Edit: dont make a habit of eating lead, but licking it wont hurt you. People have been biting lead fishing sinkers for hundreds of years without any real issue.
Elemental lead is mostly harmless. Lead ions are where you really start to get into trouble.
Edit: dont make a habit of eating lead, but licking it wont hurt you. People have been biting lead fishing sinkers for hundreds of years without any real issue.