Arnemo, Jon
- Institutionen för vilt, fisk och miljö, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
- Høgskolen i Innlandet
Sammanfattning
Worldwide hunters distribute game meat as a gesture of community bonding and as an essential nutritional resource for those facing food insecurity, especially among children and adolescents. Nonetheless, the risk of lead (Pb) contamination from lead-based bullets is not widely acknowledged. Although medical radiography (X-ray) is the standard method to detect lead in meat donations, its efficacy in conclusively identifying lead contamination in game meat samples remains unknown. To address this deficiency, hunters-provided game meat samples were analyzed using both X-ray and inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). By ICP-MS, 48% of these samples contained lead levels exceeding the daily intake benchmarks for children, including the samples in which no lead was identified by X-ray screening. This finding means that food insecure individuals need to make an unenviable decision between risking lead exposure in donated meat or forgoing a potentially critical food source.
Nyckelord
Firearm; Heavy metal; Hunting; Food security
Publicerad i
Discover Food
2024, volym: 4, nummer: 1, artikelnummer: 31
Utgivare: SPRINGERNATURE
SLU författare
Globala målen (SDG)
SDG2 Ingen hunger
SDG3 God hälsa och välbefinnande
UKÄ forskningsämne
Livsmedelsvetenskap
Publikationens identifierare
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s44187-024-00104-9
Permanent länk till denna sida (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/132874