Eliminating potential lead exposure in imported New Zealand wild game

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A prospective observational study assessing the feasibility of measuring blood lead levels in New Zealand hunters eating meat harvested with lead projectiles
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There is a correlation between hunters using lead projectiles and elevated lead blood levels [8–10], however a causal link is unestablished [11]. As lead-shot meat is sold globally, this potential lead contamination is a global health concern [12]. This is a clinical research protocol to determine the feasibility of assessing lead levels in hunters who use lead projectiles.
There is no safe level of lead exposure. Correlations suggest that hunters harvesting wild game with lead bullets may be at risk of lead exposure through eating minute lead particles from shrapnel in their wild game. This feasibility study will determine if it is possible to conduct an interventional controlled, blinded study to evaluate if there is a causal relationship between meat harvested with lead bullets and elevated blood lead levels in those who consume the meat. This is an observational case crossover study and the primary outcome is blood lead levels. Individuals will have blood lead levels measured 2–4 days after eating one serving of meat harvested with lead bullets. At three potential washout periods these same individuals will have a subsequent blood lead level analysis. This observational study will provide the data necessary to determine the washout period and sample size for a prospective interventional study to evaluate if meat harvested with lead bullets raises blood-lead levels in those who consume the meat. This study has been approved by the Health and Disabilities Ethics Committees of New Zealand.
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Letter to the EditorEliminating potential lead exposure in imported New Zealand wild game

Am J Med

Sci Total Environ

Environ Res

Intellectual impairment in children with blood lead concentrations below 10 microg per deciliter

N Engl J Med

Non-lead ammunition may reduce lead levels in wild game

Environ Sci Pollut Res

New Zealand pest management: current and future challenges

J R Soc N Z

Comparing cost-effectiveness of commercial harvesting, state-funded culling, and recreational deer hunting in New Zealand

Wildl Soc Bull

Lead concentration in meat from lead-killed moose and predicted human exposure using Monte Carlo simulation

Food Addit Contam Part A Chem Anal Control Expo Risk Assess

Letter to the Editor
Eliminating potential lead exposure in imported New Zealand wild game