Tungsten may not be the best shot for making 'green' bullets
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 - 12:30
in Health & Medicine
With efforts underway to ban lead-based ammunition as a potential health and environmental hazard, scientists are reporting new evidence that a prime alternative material for bullets tungsten may not be a good substitute The report, which found that tungsten accumulates in major structures of the immune system in animals, appears in ACS' journal Chemical Research in Toxicology.