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<blockquote data-quote="Calvin45" data-source="post: 2764298" data-attributes="member: 109862"><p>Birds and mammals are different classes of critter. And even within mammals we ain't the same haha. Lord knows my dog has eaten things that would make me very sick or possibly dead and got away with it no problem. What I've read is that our stomach acid is nowhere near as potent As a birds (and I do believe condors and vultures have the strongest acid on earth…it's how they can get away with eating rotting festering putrid filth and not get sick, acid that kills any bacteria and breaks down most biologically created toxins)</p><p></p><p>Our stomach acid doesn't readily break elemental lead down into something that's bio-active (and the fact that elemental lead itself isn't really that bioactive is why you hear of people with shot bbs, bullets and bullet fragments INSIDE OF THEM not die of lead poisoning if it can't be removed) - many birds have stomach acid that is strong enough to do this</p><p></p><p>Moreover I'm not saying lead isn't toxic, there's a reason they don't use it to seal tinned food anymore haha…</p><p></p><p>But the Romans had lead pipes and vessels for their water infrastructure and weren't wiped out by that or rendered infertile. People survive with lead in their body from surviving being shot. And there is absolutely zero evidence that people who eat more game shot with lead over a lifetime have ANY higher incidence of lead toxicity. Elemental lead in solid form isn't all that sinister for human exposure.</p><p></p><p>Chemicals that contain lead are another story as are lead vapours (indoor shooting ranges do actually concern me for this reason)</p><p></p><p>I'm all for copper bullets but it's becuas of their performance, not their safety.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Calvin45, post: 2764298, member: 109862"] Birds and mammals are different classes of critter. And even within mammals we ain’t the same haha. Lord knows my dog has eaten things that would make me very sick or possibly dead and got away with it no problem. What I’ve read is that our stomach acid is nowhere near as potent As a birds (and I do believe condors and vultures have the strongest acid on earth…it’s how they can get away with eating rotting festering putrid filth and not get sick, acid that kills any bacteria and breaks down most biologically created toxins) Our stomach acid doesn’t readily break elemental lead down into something that’s bio-active (and the fact that elemental lead itself isn’t really that bioactive is why you hear of people with shot bbs, bullets and bullet fragments INSIDE OF THEM not die of lead poisoning if it can’t be removed) - many birds have stomach acid that is strong enough to do this Moreover I’m not saying lead isn’t toxic, there’s a reason they don’t use it to seal tinned food anymore haha… But the Romans had lead pipes and vessels for their water infrastructure and weren’t wiped out by that or rendered infertile. People survive with lead in their body from surviving being shot. And there is absolutely zero evidence that people who eat more game shot with lead over a lifetime have ANY higher incidence of lead toxicity. Elemental lead in solid form isn’t all that sinister for human exposure. Chemicals that contain lead are another story as are lead vapours (indoor shooting ranges do actually concern me for this reason) I’m all for copper bullets but it’s becuas of their performance, not their safety. [/QUOTE]
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