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"Will Lead Bullets Finally Kill Off the California Condor?" [1]

"The California condor, the largest bird in North America, was saved from extinction by a captive breeding program that increased its numbers in the wild. But now the condor is facing a new and pernicious threat — the lead from bullets used by game hunters."



Ted Williams reports for Yale Environment 360 May 7, 2013. [2]
 

Biodiversity [3]
Chemicals [4]
Environmental Health [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Public [7]
Source: YaleE360 [8], 05/07/2013
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/will-lead-bullets-finally-kill-california-condor [2] http://http://e360.yale.edu/feature/will_lead_in_bullets_finally_kill_off_california_condor/2647/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+YaleEnvironment360+%28Yale+Environment+360%29 [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/biodiversity-1 [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics [5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health [6] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [7] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81 [8] http://e360.yale.edu/feature/will_lead_in_bullets_finally_kill_off_california_condor/2647/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20YaleEnvironment360%20%28Yale%20Environment%20360%29