could be but that's not like injecting it into a meat cut is it.
Just seems simple and daft to me, when everyone else supplying meat goes to great lengths.................
Countryfile tonight
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Just seems simple and daft to me, when everyone else supplying meat goes to great lengths.................
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Geese and swans graze my fields that aren't in an SSSI or on the banks of a river all the b****y time.
Cab-over Pete
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The cynic in me says the BBC aren’t really interested in whether there is lead shot in the game bird or not, but that just showing the story sets a seed in the publics mind not to eat game at all just to be on the safe side.
Quite apart from the BBc bash,
with regards to this issue, when we are all battling to keep meat on the menu for all sorts of reasons, its not really helping is it.
Cab-over Pete
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I’m not saying I don’t agree that all shot should be steel, or that lead in the environment is fine.
It’s just, the older I get, the more I question any journalism. I’m of the opinion there is often a thinly veiled attempt to sway opinion.
It’s just, the older I get, the more I question any journalism. I’m of the opinion there is often a thinly veiled attempt to sway opinion.
Journalism has always been like that as long as i can remember anyway, a story needs to sell.
but this isn't about pc point scoring its about one having standard for food production, not double standards just because there's a lot of big moneyed people who shoot.
but this isn't about pc point scoring its about one having standard for food production, not double standards just because there's a lot of big moneyed people who shoot.
Cab-over Pete
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- Kenilworth, Warwickshire
Why does big moneyed people matter?
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- leics/warks border
Lead shot was banned for fishing weights before duck and goose shooting.
primmiemoo
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- Devon
Thanks, I didn't know.
why does journalism matter ?
the point is lead should not be accepted in food , No whys and wherefores.
bit of round steel wont hurt so much instead of wasting the meat, i suppose but its certainly not what meat producers /meat industry do/do es ...,inject metal into their produce they sell of any shape or size.
the point is lead should not be accepted in food , No whys and wherefores.
bit of round steel wont hurt so much instead of wasting the meat, i suppose but its certainly not what meat producers /meat industry do/do es ...,inject metal into their produce they sell of any shape or size.
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- Hampshire
Trendy yuppies around here like to have a few lead shots in their toilet bowls!
Cab-over Pete
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- Kenilworth, Warwickshire
i think you have taken my point the wrong way.
I agree with you entirely on the lead shot in food. It’s not acceptable. There are alternatives.
It’s just that, in my opinion, I wouldn’t be at all surprised if there is another hidden agenda we have come to expect from journalists these days. That’s all.
With the BBC and Countryfile it may well be the “Packham” influence and his determination to do away with Game shooting
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- Hereford
Every time Tom Heap opens his mouth he is trying to destroy some countryside activity
icanshootwell
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- Ross-on-wye
It was pointed out in the program how important shooting is for other wildlife, the do-gooders can't deny that. If shooting game gets banned, what will feed the other birds that benefit. I know it was about lead shot but the BBC are highlighting the game shooting as a sport.
Wilksy
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- East Riding
My awd mate is 83 and has eaten lead shot game all his life as you at least once a week and doesn’t ail a thing, but he doesn’t eat any processed food either, surely there must be some research on lead poisoning due to ingesting it? I’ve always lived in houses with a lead rising main no one seems worried about that.I should probably be more concerned. We eat Pheasant/Partridge shot with lead at least once a week all year around.
I’m not fully convinced on the ballistics of steel shot versus lead at the moment and am also unsure about suitability in my guns.
primmiemoo
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- Devon
The Ancient Romans ate from lead dishes which poisoned them.
White lead in make up poisoned the wearer.
Lead water pipes are only safe when water flows regularly, and doesn't accumulate lead from the pipe. We always run the tap for several minutes before drawing drinking water, and never drink the bathwater.
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- DD9.
Did they not flavour their wine with lead as well?
primmiemoo
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- Devon
I think you're right. Delicious!