Originally Posted By: rainbowdog
The North Dakota Health department did a study on human hunters and lead about two years ago. Hundreds of hunters had blood sampes taken. Many of these hunters had eaten ducks, upand game and deer for many years. Many of the people tested had hunted for 50 or more years. Hunting has a strong tradition in North Dakota so many of these people had consumed thousands of animals.

No evidence was found indicating humans who have eaten game animals have higher levels of lead than people who did not eat game




That's incorrect. In the ND study, those who reported having eaten game did show a higher blood lead level than those who did not. However, the average lead level of everyone in that study--and something like 80% of them reported that they ate game--was lower than the average blood lead level nationwide.

Rookhawk, I stand corrected. I left out a word. Should have said: "As a species, BALD eagles are not in danger from lead ingestion."