Becuase high dosages of lead can be hazardous to your health!

[captain_slinky]

Started reading an article here at werk...

BAE SYSTEMS, one of the world’s biggest arms manufacturers, is designing a new generation of "green" munitions, including "lead-free" bullets and rockets with reduced toxins.

It also wants to cut the dangerous compounds in its jets, fighting vehicles and artillery, which it warns "can harm the environment and pose a risk to people".

...And then I just had to stop. Because I'm sure all those refugees and war orphans are all agreed that it wouldn't be quite so bad to live in a bombed-out husk of a building that was once a school as long as the bomb just didn't stink so much.