LETTERS
Dec 22, 2021
4 minutes
DRAW THE LINE
Perhaps Shooting Times can draw a line under the arguments for lead continuing as shot for game shooting and stop airing emotional and anecdotal arguments, such as: “I have been eating game shot with lead for over 50 years and show no signs of lead poisoning”.
Winston Churchill was a heavy smoker all his long life, but is this evidence that we should reverse all efforts to limit tobacco consumption? The key facts are: lead shot/ pellets consumed by wildfowl has poisoned them globally by the millions. There is no safe, medically accepted limit for lead in human blood, though
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