Lead Poisoning of Wildlife
April 14th, 2011 by Alison Wheatley in General
Three new scientific studies by University of California researchers confirm that lead poisoning of endangered California condors and other wildlife is due to scavenging animals ingesting fragments of spent lead hunting ammunition, reports the Center for Biological Diversity.
Researchers found that one-third of wild condors are suffering from chronic lead poisoning at leve...
Tags: California, Center for Biological Diversity, condor, endangered, EPA, lead, research, Wildlife


