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EXCLUSIVE
DROPPING
LEADS
Probably one of the m o s t
c o ntentious issues in c a r p
f i s hing is the practice o f
d r opping
leads.
Lead
is
‘technically’ highly toxic there
i s no denying that. Lead p i p e s
u s ed to supply all o ur h o m e s
w i th drinking water. Th e n a
l i n k was found with drin k i n g
w a te r a n d l e a d p o i s o n i n g
which brought about the lead
pipe ban and all houses from
then on had to have nonlead pipework and all lead
p i p i n g wa s r e p l a c e d . I t ’s t h i s
f a c t th a t h a s b e e n t w i s t e d b y
m a n y c a rp a n g l e r s a n d p e o p l e
i n t h e t r a d e t o g i v e o ut t h e
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