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SUBMITTER: Grade T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6675807 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Grade Tiffany T Campbell Pamela P Cooley Thomas T Kneeland Michelle M Leslie Elaine E MacDonald Brooke B Melotti Julie J Okoniewski Joseph J Parmley Elizabeth Jane EJ Perry Cyndi C Vogel Harry H Pokras Mark M
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Many publications have investigated the ingestion and toxicity of metallic lead from hunting and the shooting sports. However, there is limited literature on toxicity associated with the ingestion of lead fishing weights, despite our knowledge of damage caused to many species from entanglement in lines, nets, and fish-hooks. This paper surveys current knowledge of species poisoned by ingestion of lead fishing gear and the types of gear that have been implicated. We review the impacts of lead fis ...[more]