New lead-free "green" bullets... what could go wrong?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19116438

Armies in Scandinavia are so concerned about the pollution caused by
lead bullets they're replacing their entire stock with non-toxic
versions. The manufacturers are encouraging the British armed forces to
do the same.

Then the soldiers kept getting sick.

"Research showed that the combination of new bullets and new weapons
caused increases in emissions of carbon dioxide, ammonia and hydrogen
cyanide." Wait a minute HYDROGEN CYANIDE?

Just make the troops go pick up the bullets that missed.

another deadly idea that came from trying to not be so deadly...

They also investigated substituting tungsten for lead. Bad idea! It seems that anybody that had a tungsten fragment in them has a really good chance of developing cancer.

EricEricson wrote:

They also investigated substituting tungsten for lead. Bad idea! It seems that anybody that had a tungsten fragment in them has a really good chance of developing cancer.

Well silver is good for you so make them out of silver

TEOTWAWKI wrote:

Well silver is good for you so make them out of silver

I'd have to put strings on the slugs so I could pull 'em back.

This guy got too much silver. He's now Papa Smurf.

I take small doses of silver and can make my own..great defense against bacteria..