Is lead still used in flashing.
If it wasn't for my mother eating lead shot game I might have had an IQ of 200 just like my aunt then, I'd always wondered about that one. Good job that she turned down the Thalidomide trail though that the so-called scientists had created!Here is a Q&A from Sporting Gun last year:
Has anyone actually died of lead poisoning by eating meat shot with lead?
We are not aware of any cases of people dying from swallowing pieces of lead shot or eating lots of lead-contaminated game meat. The evidenced impacts are more subtle than that and are now better understood by scientists and can unfortunately cause underlying health issues for some of us.
When we eat game meat contaminated with lead ammunition, we absorb some of that lead in our blood, tissue and bone.
X-ray and chemical studies of large and small game shot with lead ammunition reveal that lead contamination is much more extensive than only the wound channel and most of it cannot be detected by eye. Due to hormonal changes during pregnancy, lead that has been stored in the skeleton is released into the blood, exposing both mother and foetus. As a result, high levels of lead in mothers’ bones have been identified as a risk factor for impaired mental development in infants.
Developing brains exposed to low levels of lead are at risk for attention-related behavioural problems, decreased cognitive performance and increased incidence of problem behaviours.
This is why the Food Standards Agency advises against frequent consumption of lead-shot game by toddlers, children, pregnant women and women trying for a baby. For adults, there is growing evidence around lead exposure and associated increased risk of leukaemia, lung, stomach, and urinary-bladder cancer.
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They don't represent me anymore, despite my staunch defence of them on all too many occasions in the past!
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It’s still lead. At least it melts down and casts bullets for my muzzle loader just the same
I bets a lot will go missing if basic and HSE have their way!It’s still lead. At least it melts down and casts bullets for my muzzle loader just the same
The HSE review of lead ammunition started over 2 years ago. There have been regular updates and requests for feedback to BASC members all of that time by email and in BASC magazine. Also, to anyone that signs up for BASC Live whether members or non-members. Also updates and discussions on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, this forum and others.
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The HSE review of lead ammunition started over 2 years ago. There have been regular updates and requests for feedback to BASC members all of that time by email and in BASC magazine. Also, to anyone that signs up for BASC Live whether members or non-members. Also updates and discussions on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, this forum and others.
The HSE launched a call for evidence in 2021 and a public consultation in 2022. BASC has stated its opposition to the HSE restriction proposals from the outset, i.e. no need for further regulation, and progress has been made with lead airgun pellet ban proposals dropped, that lead rifle ammo can continue on approved ranges, and possibly also for live quarry (depends on latest consultation outcome).
However, work also still needed on HSE restriction proposals for lead shot for target shooting and live quarry and that requires people to help the cause by responding to this, the last HSE consultation, which this thread is about. Will you submit a response to the final HSE consultation by 10 December?
To do so, please click the link below for more in.
New HSE consultation launched on lead ammunition
A consultation on outdoor lead ammunition use in England, Scotland and Wales revises previous restriction proposals for lead airgun pellets.
We have been and will continue consulting members and anyone else with an interest in fighting the HSE restriction proposals - and the bottom line right now is that this requires responses to the HSE consultation - which requires a bit of time for each of us to do so.
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Do you ever make any constuctive comments or just BASC bash?
They are just awaiting patent approval, prices will seemingly be only a smidge above lead. People are moving away from fossil based fuels, alternatives are not great yet, but will get there - and smoking is on the decline amongst youngsters as they have clued up.
A bit more than that I think. On the pigeon forum it was suggested Hortonium may be £1200 per 1000 cartridges. So most people will still be using steel shot, and, I read, there are doubts about even steel proved shotguns standing up to sustained use.
