EXPLODING Birds

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https://youtu.be/iyxOnbi-J7A 

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very explosive impacts indeed
 
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Are these lead? Spraying lead everywhere is a bad idea...especially in a vegetable garden.
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Oh, a scientist!
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It doesn't take a scientist to be educated about lead poisoning. There is lots of info out there about the dangers and lots of info on how to handle and not handle lead.

It is our responsibility to be stewards of shooting and hunting lest we lose our privileges. There are people who would like to see lead bullets and pellets outlawed. Irresponsible use gives them ammo to do just that. I read where raptors were getting lead poison from eating the remains of kills from high velocity projectiles that exploded tiny bits of lead through the game. One of the beauties of airguns is our lead projectiles don't do that...or didn't.

We certainly don't want to poison people either.

I had a professor in college that suffered from it. He told me how rough the recovery process was and how he'd never be the same as he was before and how he had an increased risk of cancer on top of everything else.

Please take care. 
 
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https://ag.umass.edu/soil-plant-nutrient-testing-laboratory/fact-sheets/soil-lead-fact-sheet

Good Gardening Practices to Reduce Lead Exposure

  1. Locate gardens away from old painted structures and heavily travelled roads.
  2. Give planting preferences to fruiting crops (tomatoes, squash, peas, sunflowers, corn, etc.).
  3. Incorporate organic materials such as high quality compost, humus, and peat moss.
  4. Lime soil as recommended by soil test (a soil pH of 6.5 to 7.0 will minimize lead availability).
  5. Wash hands immediately after gardening and prior to eating
  6. Discard outer leaves before eating leafy vegetables. Peel root crops. Wash all produce thoroughly.
  7. Protect garden from airborne particulates using a fence or hedge. Fine dust has the highest lead concentration.
  8. Keep dust in the garden to a minimum by maintaining a well-mulched, vegetated, and/or moist soil surface.
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    Recommendations (using results from the Totals Sorbed Metals Test)

    Potential Risk – 100 to 400 ppm
    • Follow the good gardening practices listed above. (Additional risk between 100 ppm and 400 ppm is based on the potential for ingestion of soil in the process of consuming produce grown in the garden.)

    Medium – 400 to 999 ppm
    • Follow the good gardening practices listed above.
    • Restrict access of children to these soils by maintaining dense cover.
    • Do not grow leafy green vegetables or root crops in this soil; instead, grow them in raised beds built with non-contaminated soil and organic amendments.

    High – 1,000 to 2000 ppm
    • Follow the good gardening practices listed above.
    • Do not grow food crops in this soil and do not allow children access to it.
    • Keep soil covered and take steps described above to reduce lead availability.
    • Grow food crops in containers filled with growing media or clean topsoil; or create lined, raised beds filled with non-contaminated soil and organic amendments.

    Very High – Greater than 2,000 ppm
    • Contact your local Health Department, Cooperative Extension, or the Department of Environmental Protection office for advice on lead abatement measures.
 
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Great info BlackICE.

Our local shooting range has a list of tips for handling lead. One thing I learned from it was to wash your hands with cold water after shooting which helps prevent the lead from being absorbed into the skin.

I also started using better protective actions. For example I wear disposable gloves when cleaning my guns and especially when swabbing the barrels of my airguns. I was surprised how black they get. 
 
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