Paintballs: Hazard to Environment?

Paintballs Kill Trees

A recent study by PETA and ELF has uncovered some disconcerting information, sugesting that the paint found in all paintballs contains toxins hazardous to the bark of many North American trees (www.peta.com). These toxins choke the life out of trees ranging from the youngest saplings to the oldest oaks. The whole process takes just three years and in that short time the trees have allready died (although it often takes several more years for the trees to acctaully appear dead).

Let me draw an analogy between this crime and smoking cigarettes. Smoking kills people and paintballs kill trees, in both cases death comes slowly yet painfully. I would ask you to do what I have done. Quit playing paintball! Please dispose of all your paintball equipment safely and cease playing immediately.

I have sent a copy of this letter to all major paintball companies and would encourage you to send a similar letter. Please we are fighting against time, our environment is much more important than our recreational hobbies.

Remember.....Save the Trees!!!!

weren't paintball fist used to mark trees on paths and such?

and not to bust your green little buble theres not way in heck im quiting paintball for a few trees ill og and plant new ones in my back yard

Homer J: You have no idea what your talking about!

Peta is a respected organization! if you cant find any sources to back up your stance your opinion does not matter.

bloody hell, my dad, and mom (formerly was one) are foresters, and my dad has all kinda of paintball markers in his catologs for marking trees, theyre perfectly safe for trees, bark is made to protect the trees...btw, smear a stripe of vasaline around a tree, and its as good as dead

peta is so hypocritical, they must use animal products, because everything they write is bull**edited**

YOUR OPINION DOESNT MATTER!!!

nicely said doc_ remind me of this thing we learned it history class was it that thing in germany in the 40s? or maybe that whole communism dictatorship thing some places have going on

any way why should i care since i live in a world where some tree hugger thinks OUR OPINIONS DONT MATTER!!!!