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| Lawsuit launched to stop lead poisoning of up to 10,000 Albatross chicks each year on Hawaii's Midway Island |
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| Wednesday, 03 February 2010 18:07 | |||
A new study published in the journal Animal Conservation found that lead poisoning is killing up to 10,000 chicks per year on Midway, affecting the long-term survival of the Laysan albatross. Dr. Myra Finkelstein, an environmental toxicologist and the study's lead author, found that chicks near contaminated structures have lethal levels of lead in their blood. Many poisoned chicks develop nervous system damage called "droopwing" that leaves them unable to lift their wings, which drag on the ground and become susceptible to open sores and fractures, leading to slow and painful death... Read Full Article
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Difficult to believe & a simple action like paint without lead in it. The Albatros is a fantastic bird, there life is not easy, far from it. Then for me to know that their offspring will not even take to the skies & seas is devasting. In days past sailors respected the Albatros, why because it told them that land was reachable. Real sailors never killed an Albatros they knew that this is a special bird.
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February 07, 2010
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The Center for Biological Diversity today filed a notice of intent to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and affiliated agencies for their failure to clean up toxic, lead-based paint at federal facilities on Midway Atoll that kills up to 10,000 Laysan albatross chicks each year and also threatens the endangered Laysan duck, thereby violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, Endangered Species Act, and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
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