“Is it still safe to eat traditional food?” Addressing traditional food safety concerns in aboriginal communities

Traditional consumption of snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus) entails low risk of heavy metal exposure if animals are tapped > 50 km from a point emission source (such as a copper smelter in the present study), if risk-increasing behaviours are avoided (such smoking cigarette or using lead amunution when hunting), and if offal is not consumed every time.158