Shooters at the Petaluma Trap and Skeet Club have used lead bullets for their clay pigeon target shooting for 40 years. Seven tons of lead have accumulated on the property as evidenced by the annual report given to the EPA from the US Coast Guard, who owns the land. Health officials worry about even trace [...]
The DNR has chosen to research what kind of bullets pose the least threat of lead contamination when used by hunters shooting deer for meat. For anyone to be eating even small quantities of lead, which is a toxin, could be of significant concern. The study was prompted by the discovery this spring of lead [...]
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