A Clean Kill is a Green Kill

Well, not quite. CNN reports on "environmentally friendly" ammunition being stocked at the shooting ranges of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers.

"One bullet doesn't contain a lot of lead, but hundreds of thousands if not millions of bullets can be very significant," said Steve Taylor of the Military Toxics Project, an environmental group. "Lead is a heavy metal that remains in the environment for a very long time."..

The center estimates its switch to unleaded ammo has eliminated some 70,000 pounds of lead waste -- an effort recognized by the White House this month with an environmental stewardship award.

Because the unleaded bullets turn to dust on impact, they're used only in training. Since 1994, the military has been phasing in its own version of a "green bullet" made of a tungsten composite that's suitable for combat.

"It's the wave of the future," said Remington spokesman Eddie Stevenson.