Patrick Durkin column: Keep lead risk in perspective
Count my family among those unworried about getting lead poisoning from deer we've shot and processed.
After all, history suggests lead poisoning from venison isn't a problem, at least not for people. Whether it's Myles Standish, Daniel Boone, Teddy Roosevelt or Brett Favre, millions of people have shot deer with lead projectiles. Whether we used musket-balls, shotgun slugs or rifle bullets, we ate the venison and lived to tell the tale.
In contrast, we're continually warned about beef, poultry, tomatoes or spinach after bacteria kill people or put them on the brink. And who hasn't heard about mercury in tuna or PCBs in salmon?
Therefore, even with recent findings of lead particles in some food-pantry venison, most of us think it remains the healthy red meat. It's lean, protein rich and 100 percent free range.
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