A U.S.-wide ban on hunting waterfowl with lead was instituted in 1991 after scientists estimated that 2 million waterfowl a year were dying from eating lead shot while scooping up food from the ...

Canada banned lead bullets for waterfowl hunting in 99, but that hasn’t entirely stopped the problem. Two years after the ban, BCers found hundreds of dead trumpeter swans that had feasted on ...

By John Lott , Fox News Published March 16, 2012 1:09pm EDT| Updated May 7, 2015 12:38am EDT Comments ...

The government has announced significant new restrictions on lead ammunition, aiming to safeguard British wildlife and waterways from its harmful effects. Environment Minister Emma Hardy confirmed the ...

Here’s a breakdown. Lead The first bullets were pure-lead round balls, like these still made by Speer. The first rifle bullets were round, pure-lead balls, wrapped in a cloth patch.

Lead is so damaging because it mimics calcium, an ion with essential roles everywhere in the body from bones to nerve cells. (It’s especially dangerous for children with developing brains, which ...

Starting in 2010, the military began to switch to lead-free versions of 5.56 mm and 7.62 mm bullets. Advocates say this move has eliminated thousands of tons of lead from the environment.

On Feb. 2, the Fish and Game Commission voted to serve notice of its intent to amend hunting regulations for 2007-2010 with the aim of eliminating lead bullets in the California condor range, but ...