Shoot a few, poison a few more

Back to another Tim Bonner quote from his blog in the Huffington Post. I said that I would remind you of what he wrote: ‘Bonner, presumably on the basis of shooting some ducks, regards the estimates of dying waterfowl from lead poisoning in the UK each year as ‘nothing more than speculation‘. Remember that quote…

Norwegian blues over lead

You may remember that I said I’d come back to Tim Bonner’s thoughts, in a Huffington Post blog, on Norwegian lead levels in meat.   This is what I wrote: Much is made of the partial reversal of the ban of lead ammunition in Norway. Bonner says that lead is still banned for use in…

Oxford Lead Symposium published

Almost a year ago, a group of scientists met in Oxford to review the evidence for lead impacts on people and wildlife.  The shooting organisations were invited  and almost to a man, showed their lack of interest in the science of this subject, and boycotted the event. Is it possible they spent the day looking…

Ask your MP to do something

By chance, the three main MPs in the Peak District are from three different political parties: Andrew Bingham, High Peak, Con; Nick Clegg, Sheffield Hallam, Lib Dem; and Angela Smith, Penistone and Stockbridge, Lab. If one of these is your MP then why not write and tell them how upset you are about the lack…