LEGAL MOVE TO OUTLAW LEAD-BASED AMMO & FISHING TACKLE

[ensho]

(its not me using caps)

http://www.peer.org/news/news_id.php?row_id=1384


A coalition of conservation, hunting, veterinary, and food safety groups today filed a formal petition with the Environmental Protection Agency requesting a ban on the use of toxic lead in hunting ammunition and fishing tackle. Although major efforts to reduce lead exposure for people have significantly reduced the amount of lead put into the environment, toxic lead is still a widespread killer in the wild, harming Bald Eagles, Trumpeter Swans, endangered California Condors, and other wildlife.

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“With non-toxic alternatives readily available, eliminating lead where we can easily do so is a no-brainer; at least it should be,” stated Karen Schambach, the California Director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), noting that last year the National Park Service announced and then apparently abandoned a ban on lead-based ammunition and fishing tackle in national parks. “If the National Park Service will not stand up to protect park resources, then EPA will have to do the job.”

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Lead ammunition also poses health risks to people. Lead bullets explode and fragment into minute particles in shot game, and can spread throughout meat that humans eat. Studies using radiographs show that numerous, imperceptible, dust-sized particles of lead can infect meat up to a foot and a half away from the bullet wound, causing a greater health risk to humans who consume lead-shot game than previously thought. A recent study found that up to 87 percent of cooked game killed by lead ammunition can contain unsafe levels of lead. State health agencies have had to recall venison donated to feed the hungry because of lead contamination from lead bullet fragments. Nearly 10 million hunters, their families, and low-income beneficiaries of venison donations may be at risk.
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[WingDinger]

1. I love DU, but hope they dont use it instead{pun}

[dipsydoodle]

2. Its was outlawed in UK fishing tackle years ago

Freshwater anyway - anything below about 4ozs or so. Limit was based on likelyhood of swans etc swallowing the lead.

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. It can be done

but it will make these things more expensive. Lead is extremely easy to work with

[backscatter712]

6. True. Even now, you can go to your friendly neighborhood sporting-goods store...

and get non-lead-based ammunition and fishing weights.

It's not particularly difficult.

[ThomWV]

4. Lead shot for shotguns has been illegal in some areas for decades

waterfowl eat the shot thinking its small seeds. I don't keep up with hunting but this was a subject of great interest to goose and duck hunters back in the late 70''s and early 80's.

[JHB]

5. I can see this being taken as "proof" that all the smears that...

..."Obama's going to take your guns" and "Obama's going to ban your fishing" were "true" and that "the liberals are finally making their move".

Whatever its merits, it seems to be really bad timing.

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[Radical Activist]

12. Yes, the NRA is actively fighting this.

I'm sure poisoning eagles is what the founders had in mind when they wrote the 2nd amendment. :eyes:

[ensho]

8. neo cons think all 'time' is 'bad time' for Obama

that's what they wish for

[TheCowsCameHome]

9. "See, see, see, we told ya"

I can hear it now.....

[Historic NY]

10. Damn now I got to make more silver bullets.....

I reserve them only for vampires & the undead.

[Angleae]

11. Vampires?

Sorry to tell you this, but silver bullets are useful against werewolves, not vampires.

[Vickers]

13. You have to dip them in garlic juice. n/t

[backwoodsbob]

14. I'm an avid hunter

I have no problem with this.Been using non lead gear for years now.