The Shadow environment minister, Alex Cunningham, spoke well in the Westminster Hall debate last week saying ‘As a responsible society, recognising the inherent dangers, we have already taken action and regulated to cut lead from petrol, from paint and from water pipes. But, despite the evidence and our previous moves to regulate other sources of…
Category: Lead
Taking lead off the map
There are two e-petitions relating to toxic lead ammunition. At the moment the one asking for a continuation of our birds being poisoned and our food being adulterated with lead has more signatures so please sign Rob Sheldon’s e-petition to replace toxic lead ammunition with non-toxic alternatives. I find the relatively new Westminster parliament website…
Congratulations to Rob Sheldon – and WWT
Yesterday saw a surge of support for Rob Sheldon’s e-petition to ban toxic lead ammunition from use. It passed the 5000 signatures mark with well over a thousand new signatures in one day. Not, perhaps, as impressive as over a third of a million signatures to ban Donald Trump from entry into the UK arriving…
Westminster Hall debate on toxic ammunition
The transcript of yesterday afternoon’s Westminster Hall debate on lead ammunition is available here. I’m always impressed by how quickly these things appear. I attended the debate, even though you can watch it on TV – it’s like live sport, it’s much more fun to be there to see the tackles going in. As a…
Scientific consensus on lead
Scientists occasionally produce consensus statements on issues. These are designed to be statements on what the science is and what it might mean. Here’s one on lead ammunition: ‘We, the undersigned, with scientific expertise in lead and human and/or environmental health, draw attention to the overwhelming scientific evidence, summarised below, on the toxic effects of…