DEER MANAGEMENT UP FOR DISCUSSION

orthophosphate to reduce the problem. If you know you have lead plumbing, should you warn all visitors and display warning signs on all entrances?

Then you wonder about coffee mornings in churches, old pubs and restaurants, care homes and civic centres. People don’t eat game meat every day of the week, but they drink water and its associated beverages every day. If you do rip out lead pipes, keep them, as the scrap value will be a considerable help towards the cost.

But shooting is a very visible target and a lead ban is another way of endeavouring to restrict

Matt Cross’s article on the proposed changes to the laws around deer control in England