Myra Finklestein strikes again. The scientist who came to Oregon to try to ban lead ammo rears her ignorant head one more time. A partial ban went into effect in July 2008 and was later expanded. So far, however, researchers have found no evidence that the ban has resulted in a reduction in blood lead levels in condors. Unfortunately, even if only a few people are still using lead ammunition, there will be enough contaminated carcasses to cause lead poisoning in a significant number of condors, Finkelstein said. We found that over the course of 10 years, if just one half of one percent of carcasses have lead in them, the probability that each free-flying condor will be exposed is 85 to 98 percent, and one exposure event could kill a condor. Translation, our failures to link lead ammo to the deaths of buzzards leads us to demand an expansion of our failed policies news.ucsc.edu/2012/06/condors-and-lead.html
Posted on: Sat, 20 Sep 2014 22:51:28 +0000
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