Proceedings

Opening pages


Foreword
Lord John Krebs
Honorary Fellow and Former Principal, Jesus College, The University of Oxford, Turl Street, Oxford OX1 3DW, UK


Introduction
Chris Perrins
Professor Emeritus, The Edward Grey Institute, Department of Zoology, Tinbergen Building, The University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PS, UK


The regulation of lead in the environment: a brief review
David Stroud
Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Monkstone House, City Road, Peterborough PE1 1JY, UK


Risks of health effects to humans in the UK from ammunition-derived lead
Rhys E. Green1,2 and Deborah J. Pain3
1 Conservation Science Group, University of Cambridge, Department of Zoology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, UK
2 Centre for Conservation Science, RSPB, The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire SG19 2DL, UK
3 Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, Slimbridge, Gloucestershire , GL2 7BT, UK


Associations between consumption of large game animals and blood lead levels in humans in Europe: The Norwegian experience
Helle K. Knutsen, Anne-Lise Brantsæter, Jan Alexander and Helle M. Meltzer
Norwegian Institute of Public Health, P.O. Box 4404 Nydalen, NO-0403 Oslo, Norway


Lead from hunting ammunition in wild game meat: research initiatives and current legislation in Germany and the EU
Carl Gremse1,2 and Siegfried Rieger1
1 Faculty of Wildlife Biology, Management and Hunting Practice, University of Applied Sciences Eberswalde, Alfred – Moeller – Str. 1, 16225 Eberswalde, Germany
2 Leibniz – Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, P.O. Box 601103, D-10252 Berlin, Germany


Poisoning of birds and other wildlife from ammunition-derived lead in the UK
Deborah J. Pain1, Ruth Cromie1 and Rhys E. Green2
1 Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, Slimbridge, Gloucester, GL2 7BT, UK
2 Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire SG19 2DL, UK, and Conservation Biology Group, Department of Zoology, The University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, UK


Availability and use of lead-free shotgun and rifle cartridges in the UK, with reference to regulations in other jurisdictions
Vernon G. Thomas
Department of Integrative Biology, College of Biological Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1. Canada


Practical and social barriers to switching from lead to non-toxic gunshot – a perspective from the EU
Niels Kanstrup
The Danish Academy of Hunting, Skrejrupvej 31, 8410 Rønde, Denmark


The sociological and political aspects of reducing lead poisoning from ammunition in the UK: why the transition to non-toxic ammunition is so difficult
Ruth Cromie, Julia Newth, Jonathan Reeves, Michelle O’Brien, Katie Beckmann and Martin Brown
Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT), Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, GL2 7BT, UK


Key questions and responses regarding the transition to use of lead-free ammunition
Vernon Thomas1, Niels Kanstrup2 and Carl Gremse3
1 Department of Integrative Biology, College of Biological Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
2 The Danish Academy of Hunting, Skrejrupvej 31, 8410 Rønde, Denmark
3 Faculty of Wildlife Biology, Management and Hunting Practice, University of Applied Sciences Eberswalde, Alfred – Moeller – Str. 1, 16225 Eberswalde, Germany.


Closing remarks
Ian Newton


Appendix 1: Contributors


Appendix 2: EU consensus statement


Appendix 3: Abbreviations used in the Proceedings of the Oxford Lead Symposium


Appendix 4: Conversion factors for lead concentrations