[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS, COAST GUARD: Petaluma (CA) Trap and Skeet Club lead

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Warning on lead fallout at gun clubs

Jane Kay
San Francisco Chronicle
September 29, 2008

For 40 years on clear mornings, avid shooters have turned out at the 
Petaluma Trap and Skeet Club for the sport of popping away at clay 
pigeons hurled into the air.

The western Sonoma County range looks idyllic with hawks and golden 
eagles diving over grazing sheep. But in a year's time, the rural 
outdoor range is strewn with seven tons of lead, according to the U.S. 
Coast Guard, which owns the land.

Health officials worry about even trace amounts of lead in gasoline, 
paint, plumbing, food and consumer products, which is why 
conservationists and regulators are warning about letting thousands of 
tons of lead accumulate at shooting ranges statewide.

Despite some cleanups and spotty county inspections, dozens of ranges in 
California remain under the radar of regulation.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/29/MN4F12S0O2.DTL

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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