Resources
Briefings. Media. Expert voices.
Media
Non-toxic ammunition benefits all – for policy makers explaining issue and hearing from Danish hunters.
Dead by lead – explaining of the issue featuring Prof. Rafael Mateo and Martin Hojsik MEP.
Otto Goes Non-toxic – animation to explain the need for regulation of lead.
Hearing from the experts
John Gregson, Communications Manager, CSR, Health & Agriculture, Waitrose supermarkets, explains the need to remove lead from the food supply chain
Transitioning to non-toxic ammunition – a positive experience for Danish hunters
Professor Debbie Pain, Honorary Research Fellow, University of Cambridge, explains the impacts of exposure to lead in ammunition on human health
Non-toxic ammunition is effective – a hunter’s perspective
Key references
The European Scientists, medics and veterinary health experts’ open letters on lead ammunition and need for transition to non-toxic alternatives.
European Hunting Experts – their factsheet on Alternatives to Lead Ammunition – Sorting Fact from Fiction.
Special Issue of journal Ambio from 2019 on all aspects of lead ammunition from toxicology through practicalities, economics and policy.
Oxford Lead Symposium 2015 proceedings.