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Implications for food safety of the size and location of fragments of lead shotgun pellets embedded in hunted carcasses of small game animals intended for human consumption

Carcasses of common pheasants (Phasianus colchicus) killed by hunters using shotguns are widely used or sold in the United Kingdom and elsewhere for human consumption. Almost all of the birds are shot using shotgun pellets composed principally of lead (Pb). Lead shotgun pellets often fragment on imp...

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Autores principales: Green, Rhys, Taggart, Mark, Pain, Deborah, Smithson, Keturah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9394810/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35994440
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0268089