Filled Full of Lead
Channel: NutritionFacts.org
Date: 2012-10-11

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DESCRIPTION: Standard rifle bullets disperse tiny lead fragments throughout the flesh of wild game, raising public health concerns about lead poisoning in those that consume venison, based on a study of white-tailed deer shot by hunters. The new data I refer to in the beginning is a reference to yesterday's video-of-the-day Modern Meat Not Ahead of the Game (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/modern-meat-not-ahead-of-the-game/). Lead has also been found in protein powder supplements (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/heavy-metals-in-protein-powder-supplements/), ayervedic medicine supplements (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/get-the-lead-out/), and other animal products (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/cannibalistic-feed-biomagnification/). Maybe in shot kangaroo meat too? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/modern-meat-not-ahead-of-the-game/) Like mercury in tuna (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/nerves-of-mercury/), no level of lead consumption can be considered safe. So what's the least unhealthy meat? Find out in tomorrow's video-of-the-day Good Grub: The Healthiest Meat (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/good-grub-the-healthiest-meat/).

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Image Credit: Malis via Wikimedia Commons and National Park Service.

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