The use of the lead in ammunition it poses no threat. To say it is Antonio Bana, president of Assoarmieri and Cesdea: “The use of lead in ammunition is not a significant threat either to the environment or to human health. There is the certification ofEuropean Chemicals Agency that lead can continue to be used in ammunition without any kind of limitation and without any need for special authorizations. The expert group ofEuropean Food Safety Authority presented a complete and updated scientific report based on the best knowledge of the subject.
Sophisticated methods, in particular sprectometric analysis, have been used to analyze approximately 140 levels of lead concentration in various food products and in water. On the other hand, it was highlighted as grains, vegetables, tap water, since consumed continuously, are, together with air, the elements that most contribute to the risks deriving from exposure to lead in the European population.
In conclusion, before stating that large birds of prey are dying out why they eat the meat of animals hit by hunters that are not recovered or of their entrails which contain lead shot, one should know the reality of hunting in general and of selection in Alps area particularly".