As the article mentions, the simple solution is to use non-lead ammo; which is available but more expensive than lead.

Also suggestions ".. include selecting shotguns instead of high-powered rifles, and avoiding acidic cooking ingredients, since acids can dissolve even more of the lead into the food.

Additional advice for hunters who use lead ammunition is to avoid shooting the deer in regions of the body with heavy bones, such as shoulders and hips, where the resulting impact scatters more lead into the meat."

Steel shot. Seems pretty straightforward as a solution. The performance is not quite as good and it's more expensive, I assume.

Steel shot is terrible. I don't know exactly why, but I have seen geese have the feathers blown off of them, you can see them shiver in the sky as they get pelted, and the will wobble and shrug it off. Usually to get just far enough away that they die in a place where they are irretrievable.

Lead would stagger them enough that they'd go right down. The newer bismuth and tungsten rounds are almost as good, but at something like $5/round, it's absurd.

Yes indeed. You have to reduce distance quite a bit to get the same stopping power, due to the difference in sectional density. Furthermore, lead ammunition deforms as it penetrates - steel does not - which leads to less internal damage and a higher rate of target survival.

Seems like there's plenty of non-lead bullet options though they're a bit more expensive.

1. http://www.huntingwithnonlead.org/bullet_types.html

2. https://www.getzone.com/hunting-ammo-9-of-the-best-non-lead-...