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gejohnston

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2. is there scientific data to back up the claim or

Tue Feb 4, 2014, 09:16 PM

Feb 2014

is it just the claim of a special interest group who may or may not be scam to separate well meaning but naive people from their money like these guys:
http://www.wildhorsepreservation.org/
FWIW, I have never seen cattle grazing in the Red Desert or on White Mountain.
Many government scientists, including biologists from California's game dept, question the methodology and validity of anti lead research.
I'm agnostic on the subject until the science convinces me either way.

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