4 reasons why lead fishing tackle ban should be opposed

[apb]

Fixed the thread title. Also removed a few posts. Everyone is welcome to debate the topic as long as it is done in a respectful manner.

Andrew

[Tim_T]

Fixed the thread title. Also removed a few posts. Everyone is welcome to debate the topic as long as it is done in a respectful manner.

Andrew

Thanks Andrew, I messed up the thread title and then couldn't edit it!

There are plenty of Loons on Dale Hollow, got plenty of pics of them from April while fishing with several members of this board.

[bg64vw]

I think what may have put a bad taste in some peoples mouths in the original post was the statement something along the lines that someone has to stop Obama and Lisa Jackson. The reality is not every regulatory proposal, variance or interpretation ridiculous or not ever passes over the desk of high ranking officials at the federal or even state level. The comissioner or even director of Ky Dept of Environmental Protection certainly doesn't comment but on a fraction of those things as they leave technical reviews to the individual specialists in their respective diciplines. Yes the federal EPA can be ridiculous at times as can our own state agency but its not limited to any one particular administration. That being said I think the lead ban is ridiculous other then those areas that show real impact which appears to be up north and it should be regional not federal. If everyone knew how common lead contamination is then they would understand how silly this ban is. There are thousands of bridges in this country that flake lead paint in the stream bed below them in thousands of parts per million and thats just the start. Anywhere where leaded gasoline was used, coal burned and stored early in the century, etc....lead contamination is EVERYWHERE. Don't throw the baby out with the bath water though and Im saying anyone did. If it wasnt for the creation of the EPA and the Clean Water Act in 1970 we wouldnt have the fantastic fisheries we have today or even safe drinking water for that matter.