CGofMP
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Stumbled on this today.....
Do lead bullets continue to be a hazard after they land?
A few choice quotes:
There are 9,000 nonmilitary shooting ranges and a lot of military ones in the United States. Some 60,000 metric tons of lead are expended by shooting (A metric ton or "long ton" is 2,200 lbs.).
However some lead escapes, he said. "But we learned that it is absorbed in the top few inches of soil and does not migrate beyond that," Rimstidt said. "Lead is not very mobile. It does not wash away in surface or ground water."
Fisheries and Wildlife professor Pat Scanlon was an investigator on the project until his death in 2003. "He found no evidence that birds were eating shot, but this portion of the research was not completed,"
Rimstidt''s conclusion is that shooting on controlled ranges reduces the overall risk to the public from lead in the environment.
If you have a community group trying to stick it to ya with the lead argument read the article in detail and stick it to em!
Do lead bullets continue to be a hazard after they land?
A few choice quotes:
There are 9,000 nonmilitary shooting ranges and a lot of military ones in the United States. Some 60,000 metric tons of lead are expended by shooting (A metric ton or "long ton" is 2,200 lbs.).
However some lead escapes, he said. "But we learned that it is absorbed in the top few inches of soil and does not migrate beyond that," Rimstidt said. "Lead is not very mobile. It does not wash away in surface or ground water."
Fisheries and Wildlife professor Pat Scanlon was an investigator on the project until his death in 2003. "He found no evidence that birds were eating shot, but this portion of the research was not completed,"
Rimstidt''s conclusion is that shooting on controlled ranges reduces the overall risk to the public from lead in the environment.
If you have a community group trying to stick it to ya with the lead argument read the article in detail and stick it to em!
