Including eating lead‐shot meat in the differential diagnosis of non‐specific symptoms

Parry, Gareth; Buenz, Eric J.

doi:10.1111/imj.15024

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“…The use of lead ammunition poses human, wildlife, and environmental risks wherever it occurs and countries such as Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Argentina are all undergoing similar transitions to those seen in Europe and the U.S. For example, in Australia, early concern focused on poisoning of wildfowl from lead shotgun ammunition (Koh and Harper 1988), with a more recent growth in concern around the use of lead rifle ammunition (Hampton et al 2018) and efforts to assess the efficacy of nonlead rifle ammunition for shooting mammals (Hampton et al 2021). Similar evidence of risks to wildlife from ingesting lead shotgun ammunition (Schwab and Daury 1989, Anderson et al 2000, Ferreyra et al 2009, Uhart et al 2019) and fragments of lead rifle ammunition (Lambertucci et al 2011, Legagneux et al 2014, Buenz and Parry 2019, as well as to human health (Fachehoun et al 2015, Parry and Buenz 2020, Tammone et al 2021) exists also in Argentina, Canada, New Zealand, and elsewhere (Chiba et al 1999, Ahmadi et al 2018, Garbett et al 2018.…”

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Efforts to ban lead ammunition: a comparison between Europe and the United States

Ellis

Miller

2023

Wildlife Society Bulletin

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The human health impacts of lead have been known for millennia but the environmental impacts of lead ammunition have only received attention during the past 100 years. To a large extent the United States provided leadership in identifying and researching these effects and then spearheading campaigns to transition away from lead shotgun ammunition for waterfowl hunting. However, the appetite for further federal transition has largely stalled in the U.S. except for apparently limited action linked to individual states, charismatic species, and specific sites. Europe, on the other hand, though generally rather late to the table with regard to lead shotgun ammunition and waterfowl hunting, is now pushing ahead with several initiatives that are likely to see substantial partial, if not total, restrictions on the use of all lead ammunition (for shotguns and rifles) within 5 to 10 years. We discuss the policy drivers behind these moves, summarize the key attitudes and perceived constraints to transition, and provide (cautious) timetables and limited recommendations for future changes.

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