'Big Area of Potential Lead Poisoning' Could Close Gun Club

[Wendell]

The state has issued a cease and desist order to the Hampton Rod and Gun Club after a significant amount of lead shot and shotgun wads were found in wetlands and running water on the property.

http://hampton-northhampton.patch.com/groups/politics-and-elections/p/big-area-of-potential-lead-poisoning-could-close-hampton-gun-club

[Slavex]

we went through this up here recently, It ended up the clay pigeons are more dangerous to the environment than the lead shot.

[peterb]

Soil and water pH are a big factor in lead mobility.

The NSSF has a lot of good information on range management:
http://www.nssf.org/ranges/rangeresources/library/detail.cfm?filename=facility_mngmnt/environment/executive_summary.htm&CAT=Facility%20Management

[LittleLebowski]

This looks like small town politics if you read the comments.

Wendell, if you remove the "<" and ">" from your links, our forum software will happily make it clickable for you.

[BLR]

They need to bring a PE in and get a professional opinion.

Not an "environmental" specialist.