In 1991, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service banned the use of lead “shot” in all waterfowl hunting because spent lead pellets were being ingested by, and poisoning, millions of birds annually.

Lead poisoning kills too many birds; hunters and anglers can do something about it From mid-November to early December, more than two dozen geese were diagnosed with lead poisoning, and 11 died.

For starters, a No. 4 steel pellet is lighter than a No. 4 lead pellet. It takes a lot more steel pellets of equal size to equal 1 ounce than lead pellets.

An average of 3.5 lead pellets and 39 lead fragments of less than 1mm wide were detected per pheasant. The smallest fragments were 0.07mm wide -- at the limit of resolution for the CT scanner for ...

The lead solder pellet in the Stanley Quencher tumbler is seen in red. Lumafield "The lead is entirely shielded, and its user won't be exposed to lead at all," said Jon Bruner ...

Ingesting just one lead shotgun pellet, fishing sinker or bullet fragment can kill a bald eagle, a loon and dozens of other species of birds that call Minnesota home.

They often mistake lead pellets left in the landscape for these stones. “The ducks ingest the lead pellets thinking they’re pebbles,” said Arnaud Béchet, research director at Tour du Valat.

This pellet contains some lead. However, the company says consumers are not exposed to the lead pellet, as it is covered with a "durable stainless-steel layer." ...

No lead pellets. Permitting students and their families to choose one or the other doesn’t work. That’s equivalent to breathing secondhand smoke, where nontoxic shooters are exposed to lead ...

For starters, a No. 4 steel pellet is lighter than a No. 4 lead pellet. It takes a lot more steel pellets of equal size to equal 1 ounce than lead pellets.