A 1992 study indicated lead shot densities of around 350,000 pellets per acre, or about 86 pellets in a square meter, on heavily hunted dove fields. Doves ingesting these spent lead pellets face ...

The more lead pellets the doves ingested, the more likely and the quicker they were to die, the study showed. But even doves that ingested only two pellets were quickly impacted — almost half ...

However, the boy had swallowed lead pellets while he and his siblings were playing a game with them. This case was reported in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2013.

A large number of very small lead pellets—perhaps like those lodged in Whittington’s head, neck, and chest—would be the most dangerous on account of their large surface area.

The lead pellets covered the site, extending beyond a levee that separated the gun club from the Cargill salt ponds. The pellets are a threat to wildlife because birds eat them.

PORT ANGELES -- Five trumpeter swans found dead in January in the Dungeness Valley near Sequim were all poisoned by lead shotgun pellets they ingested.A ve ...

Banning lead shot for waterfowl hunting addressed a serious problem, but ending use of single-shot lead ammo is an issue not so easily solved. Sign in or Subscribe See Offers. Sign In: ...

(Lead bullets and airgun pellets, used in rifle and pistol events, are typically shot into special traps behind the targets, and, for the most part, don't enter the environment.) ...

Lead pellets fired at a local shooting range pose a threat to public health and the environment, says a report released Friday by a consumer watchdog group. Search. Subscribe.

LARNACA, Cyprus (AP) — Conservationists in Cyprus are urging authorities to expand a hunting ban throughout a coastal salt lake network amid concerns that migrating flamingos could potentially ...

Lead pellets seen in an X-ray of a Canada goose at the DuPage Wildlife Conservation Center in Willowbrook, where 26 birds were treated after ingesting lead between Nov. 14 and Dec. 10. Sarah Reich ...

PORT ANGELES, Wash. (AP) - Five trumpeter swans found dead in January in the Dungeness Valley near Sequim were all poisoned by lead shotgun pellets they ingested. A veterinarian with the state ...