With hundreds of people in Kashmir having retained pellets, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) Friday revealed that embedded pellets in their bodies have the potential to cause severe Lead poisoning.
Raising alarm President DAK Dr Nisar ul Hassan in a statement said that retained pellets are toxic to human body and these embedded pellets could poison and kill people.
“Pellets are composed of lead putting people who have them lodged in at serious risk of lead poisoning,” Dr Nisar said adding Lead toxicity secondary to retained pellets has been well documented in several studies.
The symptoms of lead poisoning might appear within few days after someone gets shot, but patients can also turn up decades later, he said.
He said that the chance of getting lead poisoning increases with number of pellets and if pellets end up near large joints.