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Achieving uniform regulation of environmental lead exposure and poisoning in wildlife and humans

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Lead from spent ammunition causes preventable lead exposure in wildlife and humans that may ingest it. Nontoxic substitutes for lead ammunition exist but are not adopted widely because of hunter opposition. Other forms of lead exposure in the human environment have been heavily regulated because there is no safe level of exposure. The use of lead ammunition should be regulated similarly to protect wildlife from this common disease.

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Thomas, V.G. Achieving uniform regulation of environmental lead exposure and poisoning in wildlife and humans. Environmentalist 30, 206–210 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10669-010-9263-z

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