A recently published study by SHOT-SWITCH investigators also compared lead concentrations in meat from wild-shot pheasants from which lead or iron shotgun pellets were recovered (having first removed all pellets from the meat before analysis). The mean concentration of lead in meat from pheasants killed using lead shot was >20 times the EU’s maximum permitted level for lead in meat from domesticated animals and 30 times that for meat from pheasants killed using iron shot.
