Sunday, 28 February 2021

PRO/AH/EDR> Lead poisoning - North America: USA, Canada, bald eagle

Poisoning -- United States
The Montana Raptor Conservation Center reported on their Facebook page they rescued a bald eagle on Tuesday [23 Feb 2021] suffering from lead poisoning. According to the post, the amount of lead found in the eagle was too high to register on their system.
The center said they have rescued 11 eagles so far this year [2021] and 9 were tested for lead poisoning. All 9 tested positive.
The center also stated that switching to non-lead hunting and fishing products could prevent thousands of

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?8216716&promed&0

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