Brent makes a valid point about the integrity of the science. Like it or not, the lead ban proponents won in the court of public opinion. China's lead paint became a world-wide cause celebre. To change things there must be more than noise. Diehards are often fifth columns in effective activist organizations.

A written rule in two natural resource and environmental organizations I belonged to: never ask the executive to do anything that will embarras the organization. My guess is that's why NRA is not leading the charge on lead. (There was nothing hippie about the organizations, Lowell. The hippies were the problem.)