Get the lead out

Monday, October 18, 2010 - 02:13 in Biology & Nature

Scientists estimate that more than 10 million birds and other animals die each year from lead poisoning in the United States. The EPA could change that.For decades a silent epidemic has killed or sickened millions of birds in the wild, from bald eagles and trumpeter swans to mourning doves and endangered California condors.

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