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Article: CHINA PRODUCES ENVIRONMENT-FRIENDLY CLAY PIGEONS
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- March 22, 2001
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AsiaInfo Services
03-22-2001
China produces environment-friendly clay pigeons
BEIJING, Mar 22, 2001 (AsiaPort via COMTEX) -- Chinese researchers have developed environment-friendly clay pigeons for the shooting sport.
They used new materials to replace traditional components in clay pigeons used as targets in skeet shooting, to prevent fragments from harming the environment.
The first batch of 240,000 new clay pigeons was recently sold to Japan and the Republic of Korea.
Clay pigeons are traditionally mainly made of pitch, which can be deleterious to people and other living creatures because the fragments and powder cannot be decomposed by microorganisms.
The new clay pigeon is made ...