Topic: pink slime

[Ah.hell]

You aren't going to get lead poisoning from eating something shot by a lead bullet.

I think the ban intends to reduce the amount of lead getting into the environment, not so much concern with hunters eating it.

[lonely moa]

You aren't going to get lead poisoning from eating something shot by a lead bullet.

I think the ban intends to reduce the amount of lead getting into the environment, not so much concern with hunters eating it.

The lead shot has had a serious detrimental effect in some wetlands and waterways. Some hunting areas are contiguous and upstream to agricultural production.

[Guillermo]

"Pink Slime" Maker to Close 3 Plants, Cut Jobs | WKRG

Beef Products Inc. will close processing plants in three states this month because of the controversy surrounding its meat product that critics have dubbed "pink slime," a company official said Monday.

About 650 jobs will be lost when the plants close on May 25 in Amarillo, Texas; Garden City, Kansas; and Waterloo Iowa, company spokesman Rich Jochum said. A plant in South Sioux City, Neb., will remain open but run at reduced capacity.

The South Dakota-based company blamed the closures on what it said were unfounded attacks over its lean, finely textured beef. During its processing, bits of beef are heated and treated with a small amount of ammonia to kill bacteria. The filler has been used for years and meets federal food safety standards.

Thanks a lot hippies 

[Johnny Slick]

Why isn't this thread about Ghostbusters II? 

[Demosthenes]

You aren't going to get lead poisoning from eating something shot by a lead bullet.

I think the ban intends to reduce the amount of lead getting into the environment, not so much concern with hunters eating it.

The lead shot has had a serious detrimental effect in some wetlands and waterways. Some hunting areas are contiguous and upstream to agricultural production.

I’m having a hard time believing that lead shot is being released into the environment in sufficient quantities to produce environmental damage.
I’d be interested in seeing the source of the info though?

[lonely moa]

http://www.springerlink.com/content/x2527x6343n34p80/

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0269749107000218

and here for starters:  https://wcd.coe.int/com.instranet.InstraServlet?command=com.instranet.CmdBlobGet&InstranetImage=1324024&SecMode=1&DocId=1450934&Usage=2

[Shibboleth]

I’m having a hard time believing that lead shot is being released into the environment in sufficient quantities to produce environmental damage.
I’d be interested in seeing the source of the info though?

In South Dakota they banned it because the ducks would eat it off the pond floor.

[Shibboleth]

The lead shot has had a serious detrimental effect in some wetlands and waterways. Some hunting areas are contiguous and upstream to agricultural production.

Can I get some information on lead being pulled into the plants we eat from the soil? You probably shouldn't be out eating dirt anyway.

I agree that lead shotgun shells should be illegal because birds eat the shot but as far as a rifle bullet, it just isn't going to have that big of a difference no more than large lead fishing sinkers.

[lonely moa]

The lead shot has had a serious detrimental effect in some wetlands and waterways. Some hunting areas are contiguous and upstream to agricultural production.

Can I get some information on lead being pulled into the plants we eat from the soil? You probably shouldn't be out eating dirt anyway.

I agree that lead shotgun shells should be illegal because birds eat the shot but as far as a rifle bullet, it just isn't going to have that big of a difference no more than large lead fishing sinkers.

don't bother to read the articles, but plants tend not to take up the lead, but soil biota do.

[carassius]

Oh crap...I've tainted the beloved pink slime thread with lead!

And, though lead shot and hunting using shotguns interests me little, a quick google search revealed a tidbit of human ingenuity by way of past practices in the manufacture of lead shot.

Behold:  THE SHOT TOWER... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shot_tower

Simple, intuitive, and pretty cool.

Sorry for furthering the pink slime hijacking agenda.

[Demosthenes]

http://www.springerlink.com/content/x2527x6343n34p80/

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0269749107000218

and here for starters:  https://wcd.coe.int/com.instranet.InstraServlet?command=com.instranet.CmdBlobGet&InstranetImage=1324024&SecMode=1&DocId=1450934&Usage=2

Interesting reading.
Thanks for the links lonely moa.