https://writersontherange.org/lead-doesnt-suit-us-anymore/ Syndicated Opinion for the American West Mon, 19 Oct 2026 14:42:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://writersontherange.org/lead-doesnt-suit-us-anymore/#comment-1193 Mon, 19 Oct 2026 14:42:37 +0000 https://writersontherange.org/?p=11484#comment-1193 In 1969 I was 10 years old, and a subscriber/reader of National Wildlife magazine. That’s when I first read about lead shot and lead sinkers, how the lead pellets would be eaten by ducks and other wildlife and poison our watersheds. Also that California condors (and there were few left at that time) and other scavengers were being poisoned by the lead in gut piles and carcasses abandoned by hunters. My 10-year-old brain said, “Well that’s easy, switch to steel!” (That was the alternative at the time.) 57 years later, Americans still can’t figure this out. It’s just one of many reasons I’ve become hopelessly pessimistic about the human race. Just too stupid….

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