How lead bullets end up poisoning California condors
Channel: Science Showcase
Date: 2017-04-17

Lead bullets harm California condors, even when they're not being shot at - here's how.

Written and produced by Sarah Geren, Arizona State University.

California condors have made a spectacular recovery from the verge of extinction, thanks to conservation efforts, but are still considered critically endangered. 

Lead poisoning from scavenging on animals killed by lead bullets harms condors every year, and human help will continue to be needed to keep them alive as long as lead is used for ammunition near their habitat.

For more information about condors: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/California_Condor/id

For more information about the recovery program: https://www.nps.gov/articles/california-condor-recovery.htm

For more information about lead alternatives: http://huntingwithnonlead.org/index.html

Sarah is a PhD student in the ASU School for the Future of Innovation in Society, and a member of the ASU Risk Innovation Lab

Produced with the support of the NSF Engineering Research Center on Nanotechnology Enabled Water Treatment (NEWT - http://www.newtcenter.org/), and the Arizona State University Risk Innovation Lab - http://riskinnovation.asu.edu)