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To: neverdem

Lead poisoning is not caused by ingesting a chunk of metalic lead. That lead passes right through you. You get lead poisoning from longterm exposure to lead in the air, water, and objects you are constantly touching. I suppose it may be different for birds since they have a gizzard. maybe chunks of lead are ground up in a gizzard. But why is it birds never had a problem going extinct until now? Obviously there is something other than lead bullets causing these birds to die off.


29 posted on 06/25/2012 6:11:29 PM PDT by mamelukesabre
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To: mamelukesabre
I suppose it may be different for birds since they have a gizzard. maybe chunks of lead are ground up in a gizzard. But why is it birds never had a problem going extinct until now?

I'd like to see the results of autopsies with special attention to gizzards. Metallic lead is fairly unreactive.

48 posted on 06/25/2012 9:11:00 PM PDT by neverdem (Xin loi minh oi)
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