Biggest Lead Ban Since 1990

The Department of Environment yesterday introduced the most sweeping lead ban since Parliament outlawed the retail sale of leaded gasoline in 1990. Toxic lead wheel weights are now restricted. Regulators stopped short of banning hunters’ lead ammunition and fishing jigs and sinkers: “We now believe there is no safe level of lead.”

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