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 Regional Wildlife, Health Meeting regarding lead fragments in deer

 Experts on wildlife, public health and food safety from five states are meeting in Minnesota this week to talk about lead fragments in deer shot by hunters.
   
Lead Fragments In Deer Meat Topic Of Regional Wildlife, Health Meeting

WDNR wildlife section chief Dennis Simon says the meeting kicks off a regional effort to come up with recommendations on the issue. Each state will evaluate its venison-donation program, which allows hunters to give meat to food shelves.

Some venison was recalled from food shelves in Minnesota and North Dakota after lead fragments were found in the meat. Officials say they didn't know the health risks associated with consumption of lead particles from ammunition. No illnesses have been reported.

The meeting will include hunting representatives and officials from Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa and Wisconsin.

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Move to remove lead from hunting!
« Reply #1 on: June 02, 2008, 01:15:11 PM »
The latest assault on hunters seems to be coming from groups that say that any kind of exposure to lead will not be excepted, however small it may be.

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