Parliament pulls trigger on lead ammunition in wetlands

The European Parliament voted on Wednesday (25 November) to ban the use of lead ammunition in wetlands, triggering cries of victory among conservation groups, who said history has been made.

The bullets are often ingested by water birds, like swans and ducks, resulting in the death of over one million water birds annually, according to the European Chemicals Agency. [Thomas Landgren / Flickr]

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