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Lead on the line

UNDER the direction of UK REACH, the independent chemicals regulatory frame-work covering England, Scotland and Wales, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) was asked to produce a restriction dossier for all lead ammunition. The work was initiated following the regulatory body’s split from EU REACH, which had commenced the same work a year earlier.

The nearly 500-page dossier, published in May, showed that the main risks identified through scientific evidence are that the use of lead shot and rifle ammunition can, in certain

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