Thread: Lead Contamination In Game Meat

This has been covered in another thread on here previously. I can remember stating that I’ve been regularly eating game meat recovered from animals shot with lead pellets or conventional cup and core bullets on a regular basis for getting on 60 years without ill effect. I’ve also been carrying around bits of lead in the body due to shooting incidents going back as far as the ‘70’s. Like most of my generation I also have amalgam fillings in my teeth. My health is regarded as pretty good for my age by my doctor. I used to have regular tests for heavy metals in my system due to some of my work and never had a bad test result apart from being a bit lax while sanding lead based paint on a boat once while on holiday, my bad. As long as you cut out obviously shot up meat I don’t see anything to worry about regarding lead poisoning. Certainly back in the day we didn’t give it much thought. As an aside, back then it wasn’t unknown to eat possum off a cyanide line, you were just careful taking the meat. Bet that puts the shits up a few of you.