I am a bit puzzled; the only lead part I can think of in battery wires is the lead clamp on terminal on battery wires. The wires themselves are copper. As to lead sheathing, that is found on buried cable and underwater cable, both usually copper conductors.
In an earlier post, 2 piper referred to stibine; Sb is the symbol for tin and I would assume that stibine is a reference to tin vapours.
I think it is the Lymans cast bullet book which warns of cadmium vapours from battery plate lead and it is my impression that cadmium vapours are considerably more dangerous than the other metalic vapours with the exception of strontium.
cheers Doug (another Miller :>) )
