Masters of our own destiny
It is only a matter of time. Lead water pipes went 50 years ago, lead in paint around 30 and leaded petrol was finally banned under EU law in 2000. Wildfowlers have had to use non-toxic shot for the last 20 years. Soon there will be no cartridges with lead shot, full stop.
Lead is nasty stuff, no use to man nor beast, and while it is rather good at killing things when fired from a shotgun, its toxicity and adverse impact on the environment cannot be denied. The shooting community simply cannot go on throwing up tonnes of the stuff into the air to fall where it may. The sooner we embrace change the better.
We found a safe alternative for water pipes, a substitute for lead in paint and we either updated our cars or used a
