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New study on lead fragments from shot in game birds
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Default New study on lead fragments from shot in game birds

Our friends in the UK put this together. I don't think there is much to worry about unless you eat one or more wild bird meal/day. I had no idea lead pellets fragmented so much. The X-ray photo of the wood pigeon is very eye opening.


http://www.plosone.org/article/info:...l.pone.0010315
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