Hazards of Eating Wild Game Shot with Lead Bullets
A study that examined the lead levels of more than 700 residents in North Dakota revealed the hazards of eating wild game shot with lead bullets. People who ate wild game killed with lead bullets had higher levels of lead than those who didn't. Although not dangerous for most people, North Dakota health officials recommend that pregnant women and children under six years old avoid eating venison killed with lead bullets.
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Here’s a question for these scientists to ponder; Has anyone tested Ted Nugent and his family? In his book “Kill It & Grill It” he specifically states, “Tribe Nuge has not bought domestic flesh since 1969″. While he, Shemane and their kids do a lot of bow hunting, they also do a large amount of firearm hunting.
Until someone tests the Nugent clan on this I’m going to withhold judgement. I doubt his concert antics, especially early-on, had and have anything to do with elevated lead levels from venison he hunted himself.
LunaPierCook at 8:10PM on 11/09/08
Please!!!!!!! this is one of the most outrageous claims I've ever heard does this person that wrought this (PETA) trash believe it......I guess thats what shorten the life of our forefathers that took game with cap and LEAD ball.....THey in the Dakotas might want to check the mercury levels in the water instead..
Markbb at 9:07AM on 11/10/08
This sounds like the result of hunters not taking good shots, and then keeping and eating damaged meat from around the wound. Lead is not going to magically disperse through the animal because of one bullet, and modern, jacketed bullets are designed to retain as much mass as possible (i.e. stay in one piece). If you shoot a deer in the vitals, there is no way that meat from, say, the hind-quarters is going to have any lead content. This stinks of a lousy study, an anti-hunting agenda, or both.
dmorriso at 10:36AM on 11/10/08
What a load of crap. This is like a teaser before the commercial on "Live at Five". The lead levels ranged from virtually none to 9.82 micrograms per deciliter. Health officials consider 10 micrograms per deciliter in a child to be the level when "intervention" should occur. That "intervention" level for an adult is 25 micrograms per deciliter.
There is a certain amount of irony here because most commercial meats that are government inspected are probably much more dangerous than venison, for example. Venison is very lean, and free of antibiotics, hormones, and other chemicals. If you choose to eat meat, and are careful with the way it is hunted and processed, wild game is definitely the way to go.
odaddyo at 10:36AM on 11/10/08
Also, there are alternatives. For example, if you are using shotguns and buckshot, there are shotgun shells packed with rock salt and other seasonings you can use to kill and season your meat in one shot!
Check it out:
http://www.seasonshot.com/Home.cfm
hotcobbler at 11:23AM on 11/10/08