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The lead weight issue was brought about by the decline in the common loon, primarily in maine and New Hampshire. They've had a ban on lead weights for some time now.
The ban was targeting split shot and egg sinkers (i.e. terminal tackle).
The did not include lead jigs, probably because you are more likely to lose an individual weight that the whole jig during any fishing trip, or any cast. That plus the comment that the waterfowl were indeed ingesting small weights as they would small pebbles. I do not think a bird would confuse a lead headed jig for a round pebble.
As for the plastic issue, I would have to see proof that they are an issue, besides the possible "trash on the seashore" issue.
I didn't invest in a year's worth of plastic just to have them deemed illegal at some legislator's whim.
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