A new study by UK scientists has found that this is not the case - certainly not for wild-shot pheasants that are destined to be food for humans
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Pheasant meat sold for food found to contain many tiny shards of toxic lead
The screening method for use of wild pheasant feathers in the monitoring of environmental pollution with heavy metals
The screening method for use of wild pheasant feathers in the monitoring of environmental pollution with heavy metals
Pheasant meat sold for food found to contain many tiny shards of toxic lead
Toxic lead risk identified in pheasant meat: study
People eating wild-shot pheasant 'likely to be eating lead