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Lead content in wild game shot with lead or non-lead ammunition – Does “state of the art consumer health protection” require non-lead ammunition?

The toxicity of lead has been known for a long time, and no safe uptake level can be derived for humans. Consumers’ intake via food should therefore be kept as low as possible. Game meat can contain elevated levels of lead due to the use of lead ammunition for hunting. A risk assessment conducted in...

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Autores principales: Gerofke, Antje, Ulbig, Ellen, Martin, Annett, Müller-Graf, Christine, Selhorst, Thomas, Gremse, Carl, Spolders, Markus, Schafft, Helmut, Heinemeyer, Gerhard, Greiner, Matthias, Lahrssen-Wiederholt, Monika, Hensel, Andreas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6062035/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30048463
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0200792