In May 2008, the North Dakota Department of Health and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conducted a study measuring the risk, if any, of eating wild game harvested with lead bullets. A total of 738 North Dakotans volunteered to have their blood tested for the presence of lead. The study was designed to determine whether people who eat wild game have higher blood lead levels than people who don’t. The study found no elevated levels of lead in the families of hunters, who regularly eat wild game. Hunters have eaten venison taken with lead bullets for hundreds of years. Yet according to the NRA and Huntfortruth.org, there is not one documented case of lead poisoning from eating deer meat. Doctors are required to report all cases of lead poisoning to the Centers for Disease Control, yet according CDC Public Health adviser Kimball Credle, no cases have ever been traced to wild game meat. - See more at: calwatchdog/2013/10/04/state-game-wardens-oppose-lead-ammo-ban/#sthash.e4AQiONt.dpuf
Posted on: Sat, 05 Oct 2013 12:48:45 +0000
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