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Lead in hunted meat poses health risk to families and food banks

December 17, 2020Health & Medicine

Millions of American families who eat hunted meat may be exposed to lead poisoning from the bullets that killed the animal. Hunters also donate some 2 million pounds of hunted meat to food banks across the US each year, most of which is not inspected for lead contamination.

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