This blog has documented the fact that several famous London restaurants sell game, have been informed of the health risks of high lead levels, and have been inactive and in some cases hostile to the idea of addressing these issues: Rules restaurant – What are the Rules? 23 March 2015, Rules replies 23 March 2015,…
Category: Lead
Lead – wildlife impacts
Some of us have been saying this for year, but now the findings of the Lead Ammunition group are published, it is clear that the unnecessary use of lead ammunition kills, through poisoning, very large numbers of birds each year – not through hunting but through poisoning. A quote from the findings of the Lead…
The findings of the Lead Ammunition Group
The report of the Lead Ammunition Group was submitted to Ministers on 3 June this year after more than five years of quite hard work by a group of varying expertise and scientific ability. Defra has decided to put the report out to peer review to have it checked one more time and the final…
de luxe?
I was treated to dinner last week by a friend, a vegetarian friend actually, who booked a table in the Galvin Bistro de Luxe on Baker Street. We were both amused to see this notice near our table. I emailed the Galvin group in July to ask about what steps they take to ensure that…
Henry – hare today and gone tomorrow
The Jugged Hare (49 Chiswell St, London EC1Y 4SA) did not respond in any way to my email to them about what steps they take to ensure the sustainability of the production of their grouse meat, nor did they respond on the levels of lead in game meat. I’ll assume that they either don’t know…