Lead in Venison

Resources

• Poster from DHS titled "Lead in Venison" can be printed on 11x17 or 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of paper.  (PDF 54.1 kb)

• Letter to Wisconsin Food Pantry Managers (PDF 48 kb)

• Health Consultation "The Potential for Ingestion Exposure to Lead Fragments in Venison in Wisconsin" (PDF 298 kb)

• Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources website "Precautions for Eating Deer Harvested with Lead Ammunition". (exit DHS)

• Minnesota Department of Natural Resources website "Lead information for Hunters" (exit DHS)

• Information on Childhood Lead Poisoning and a video presentation on the issue of lead fragments found in venison and collaboration to study its effects on venison consumers.

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Last Revised:  July 12, 2010