Lead Ban ChroniclesI’ve been running real short on motivation for blogging lately.  I’m not sure why, because I actually have a handful of topics and posts I’ve been wanting to work on, but I just haven’t been able to get myself to write it all up.  Oh well, this too shall pass.

In the meantime, I was scanning through my news feeds last night, and this bit in the San Francisco Examiner jumped out at me.  Now, when I first saw the source and the topic, I had a feeling I was gonna see more of the same-old-same-old anti-lead propaganda.  However, I always try to take a look… at best I get a pleasant surprise.  At worst, at least I get to know what the “other side” is on about.

Well, damned if this didn’t really fit either mold.  It wasn’t a slam on hunters and lead ammo, but neither was it particularly supportive of lead ammo.  However, it did say something I’ve been saying for a while:

So, while there is no conclusive data to indicate that humans eating venison shot with lead bullets are at any greater risk of increased lead levels in their bloodstream, it seems that we are heading down the path of reducing any and all forms of lead exposure in accordance with the CDC goals by 2010.

 It’s entirely likely that, despite a lack of evidence to support it, lead ammo is well on the way out.  I don’t know about 2010, but I do think we’re going to see it in the relatively near future.  When the issue starts to make the pages of a publication like the SF Examiner (not exactly a hotbed of hunting and shooting information), things are moving.

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