Scientists Are Recycling Centuries-Old Bullets for a Badly Needed Toxic Compound - Gizmodo

By Matthew Phelan

4/6/2026

Materials scientists say theyve taken nearly 300-year-old toxic wastea stockpile of spherical lead bullets from the 16th and 17th centuries, tainted with carbon residue, metal impurities, and the dul…

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