Bald eagles show signs of widespread lead poisoning

[PHDNM]

Bald eagles show signs of widespread lead poisoning

The resurgence of bald eagles has been heralded as one of the great conservation successes in the U.S. But a study suggests lead is stunting population growth.

Feb 17, 2022

Bald eagles, the centuries-old symbol of the United States, show signs of widespread poisoning from one of the country’s most pernicious pollutants: lead.

Nationwide, bald and golden eagles are continually exposed to the toxic heavy metal, according to research that tested more than 1,200 eagles from Alaska to Florida.

The study, which was published Thursday in the journal Science, evaluated eagles in 38 states, testing their bones, feathers, livers and blood for lead. Researchers found that 46 percent of bald eagles and 47 percent of golden eagles had chronic lead poisoning.

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/envi...ning-rcna16209

[noricum]

Thats also the latest shit (actually going on for years now) from the Green party: a EU wide ban on lead ammunition to prevent further lead poisoning of birds of prey..
We will see where that leads to..

[gixajo]

Thats also the latest shit (actually going on for years now) from the Green party: a EU wide ban on lead ammunition to prevent further lead poisoning of birds of prey..
We will see where that leads to..

To use steel as a substitute for lead, which increases the price of ammunition.

I don't know if that measure is already implemented in the EU, or its implementation was delayed and a moratorium of several years was imposed to make it effective.

But it's something I read a few years ago, maybe only related to the shots of lead ammunition near watercourses.