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WPCfishing reply :
How sick is this.. Disclosure on package:
Would you throw a bait that has cancer causing
chemicals or materials in it?
DirtyDeuceGoose reply :
Most baits with lead have this warning. Kind of hard to avoid in the fishing world.
WPCfishing reply :
On 11/13/2015 at 9:19 PM, DirtyDeuceGoose said:Most baits with lead have this warning. Kind of hard to avoid in the fishing world.
How can anyone be sure its lead? The bait was made in the Dominican Republic.. They have zero EP.
buzzed bait reply :
have you ever heard of california? evidently everything there causes cancer and as such, companies have to put ridiculous labels on them.
i would feel that having gone through customs to get here they wouldn't blatantly put toxic materials in there (other than lead as mentioned).
wouldn't concern me in the least bit.
OntarioFishingGuy reply :
I can guarantee that every pack of lead weights you have bought have that label. Don't eat them and you should be good.
S Hovanec reply :
Every pack of Do-it dropshot swivels has a much more in depth warning than that on them.
thebillsman reply :
Hence the move to tungsten..
wisconsin heat reply :
On 11/13/2015 at 8:44 PM, WPCfishing said:How sick is this.. Disclosure on package:
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Would you throw a bait that has cancer causing
chemicals or materials in it?
image.jpegAlmost everything you buy fishing related will have this warning on it. Sinkers, Hooks, Hardbaits with hooks, Fish stringers even.Also probably anything made in a factory that deals with lead, even if the certain product isn't made with it. I'm surprised you haven't noticed it before.
Raul reply :
There is this planet on the Pacific, it´s called Californy ( my wife is from there ), they have some of the strangest regulations, some are even ridiculous, who knows, maybe you can poison yourself just by looking at that treble hook ( because the sodering material may contain infinitesimal amounts of lead ) on the other hand you may get lung emphysema from inhaling all those exhaust fumes while you get trapped at a LA freeway during rush hour but that win´t that dangerous according to them.
Raul reply :
On 11/14/2015 at 12:58 AM, thebillsman said:Hence the move to tungsten..
Tungsten, brass, stainless steel, it does´t matter, the warning label is there also.
webertime reply :
Some paints have lead as a filler too.
Josh Smith reply :
On 11/14/2015 at 12:58 AM, thebillsman said:Hence the move to tungsten..
But... but... but... Tungsten's toxic!
Look, anything out there will poison you or cause cancer. Medicine is just controlled toxicity. Those magnesium frames folks like? Allow one to oxidize and it will cure you of constipation.
Josh
Steveo-1969 reply :
Water can be toxic too... Shhhhh, don't tell the fish!!
WPCfishing reply :
Generally I agree with all of you. I'm not extreme by any
sense of the word. I laugh at California's paranoia.
But, I got to tell ya, being made in the DM has me wondering.
If you know anything about that country you might just agree
with me. It's a lawless dump.
Raul reply :
On 11/14/2015 at 3:08 AM, Josh Smith said:But... but... but... Tungsten's toxic!
Look, anything out there will poison you or cause cancer. Medicine is just controlled toxicity. Those magnesium frames folks like? Allow one to oxidize and it will cure you of constipation.
Josh
Good to know, now I can go lick my Mg reels for instant vowel relief.
monkeyman3dee reply :
Living in cali, I think we are all accustomed to seeing those labels.
Even the hotel I used to work at had a nice plaque built into the wall with fancy lettering displaying the prop 65 cancer warning. Stepping foot into the building let alone staying there exposes you to cancer causing things.
I wouldn't worry about it. Keep on fishin. If cancer is gonna get you, it will get you no matter how many carcinogens you avoid. My gramps had never been a regular smoker, even never an occasional smoker. Yet he has lung cancer. SO many variables. Might as well stop eating meat as well, since cali is looking at applying those cancer labels to hot dogs, bologna etc.
-Joshua
gardnerjigman reply :
On 11/13/2015 at 10:01 PM, buzzed bait said:have you ever heard of california? evidently everything there causes cancer and as such, companies have to put ridiculous labels on them.
i would feel that having gone through customs to get here they wouldn't blatantly put toxic materials in there (other than lead as mentioned).
wouldn't concern me in the least bit.
Exactly this. Every freaking label out there says "known to the state of california to cause cancer and birth defects...." Must be reaction to the hippie smoke?
buzzed bait reply :
On 11/14/2015 at 3:31 AM, WPCfishing said:But, I got to tell ya, being made in the DM has me wondering.
If you know anything about that country you might just agree
with me. It's a lawless dump.
i think you were meaning Dominican Republic, but i'd strongly disagree with you. just got back from there last wednesday and it's not quite a dump. just like everywhere, there's good and bad and even really bad, but far from a dump.
desmobob reply :
On 11/13/2015 at 11:18 PM, OntarioFishingGuy said:I can guarantee that every pack of lead weights you have bought have that label. Don't eat them and you should be good.
Tight lines,
Bob
tholmes reply :
If you throw away everything that has a label like that on it, you're house is gonna be pretty empty.
Tom
fisherrw reply :
most baits are that way you cant really avoid it when your a bigtime fishermen
MIbassyaker reply :
Do not eat those baits...I repeat: DO NOT EAT!!!!
You weren't going to eat them?
Oh.
Well then: DO NOT FONDLE THEM COMPULSIVELY IN YOUR POCKET EVERY MINUTE OF THE DAY FOR OVER A YEAR!!
You weren't going to do that either?
Hmm. Ok.
Carry on, then.
gulfcaptain reply :
I hear that these things (computers and smart phones) we are communicating on will cause cancer. But then EVERYTHING causes cancer so what are you gonna do. Those people printing those warning labels probably have a sign up stating that the ink they use will cause cancer too.
Josh Smith reply :
On 11/14/2015 at 3:38 AM, Raul said:Good to know, now I can go lick my Mg reels for instant vowel relief.
Magnesium oxide is a supplement.
Magnesium sulfate is Epsom Salts. 
Josh
Master Bait'r reply :
On 11/14/2015 at 3:08 AM, Josh Smith said:But... but... but... Tungsten's toxic!
While I agree with your overall statement and tungsten has it's own handling cautions, it is not toxic in the same way that lead is. It couldn't poison you if you ingested it or from handling it, it's more of a danger when inhaled as a fine dust while grinding it, etc. Not exactly relevant to the average fisherman.
Pretty much everything does cause cancer though. I'm convinced that prolonged exposure to high fives and rainbows cause it nowadays.
Raul reply :
I bet a crispy new 2 dollar bill that you´ll get cancer a lot faster by fishing under the sun without proper UV light protection than from handling lead sinkers while you are at it.
deaknh03 reply :
On 11/14/2015 at 11:51 PM, Raul said:I bet a crispy new 2 dollar bill that you´ll get cancer a lot faster by fishing under the sun without proper UV light protection than from handling lead sinkers while you are at it.
If you are doing both at the same time, how do you know where the cancer came from?
WPCfishing reply :
Ok so if you see two similar baits on a shelf your interested in
buying and one has the cancer disclosure and the other
doesn't which bait are you going to buy?
wisconsin heat reply :
On 11/15/2015 at 6:42 AM, WPCfishing said:Ok so if you see two similar baits on a shelf your interested in
buying and one has the cancer disclosure and the other
doesn't which bait are you going to buy?
Not something I look at, if we are talking similar lures, they are going to have a relatively equal microscopic effect of cancer causing substances. I guess I'd buy the one with the cancer disclosure because it is likely a newer package.
WPCfishing reply :
On 11/15/2015 at 1:20 PM, wisconsin heat said:Not something I look at, if we are talking similar lures, they are going to have a relatively equal microscopic effect of cancer causing substances. I guess I'd buy the one with the cancer disclosure because it is likely a newer package.
So lure's vs baits.. What's the difference. Spinner bait, crank bait, ect..
Master Bait'r reply :
On 11/15/2015 at 12:41 AM, deaknh03 said:If you are doing both at the same time, how do you know where the cancer came from?
I'll race you. I call "fishing in the sun" haha
J Francho reply :
Petty junk removed.
Tungsten carbide is not toxic. Neither is lead, unless inhaled or digested. Clearly, some common sense must come into play.
BaitMonkey1984 reply :
Almost all of my lead baits have a similar warning. It states something such as a "a chemical known in the state of California to cause cancer" For better or worse I stopped paying attention to this warning. If I die, I'll die happy. Plus, pretty sure theres more lead I come into contact with the firearms.
S. Sass reply :
On 11/18/2015 at 2:08 AM, J Francho said:Petty junk removed.
Tungsten carbide is not toxic. Neither is lead, unless inhaled or digested. Clearly, some common sense must come into play.
If that is all there is to it they sure could save a lot of BS on the warning.
WARNING: If inhaled or digested this product could cause cancer.
J Francho reply :
Lawyers need to get paid too, lol.
bigbill reply :
We throw plastics, fish die from eating them?
the reel ess reply :
On 11/13/2015 at 8:44 PM, WPCfishing said:How sick is this.. Disclosure on package:
Would you throw a bait that has cancer causing
chemicals or materials in it?
BPA, a chemical used in plastic for food packaging as well as many water bottles, causes cancer. Just don't eat the fishing lure and you'll probably be OK.
bigbill reply :
As soon as I was on the testosterone rub I had prostate cancer.
WPCfishing reply :
So you were rubbin it. BadBill! lol
I know you went thru a bad time, glad you're ok.
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