It was supposedly added to help stop the digestion of lead and prevent possible lead poisoning to eagles and other raptors. In my opinion, this is an attempt from some of the anti-hunting crowd trying to stop hunting. If hunters are forced to ...

There was a time when hunting, habitat loss and exposure to insecticide made it difficult for many bald eagles to survive. Then after years of increased protections, the population started growing again. Avian experts in Virginia say they still face a ...

Experts say that the threshold for diagnosing lead poisoning in children should be lowered in light of new evidence that lead can harm children at lower levels than previously thought. Consequently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The federal government is considering a recommendation that would lower the limit at which children under age 6 should receive mandatory treatment for lead poisoning. For more than 20 years, a blood lead level higher than 10 ...

When Republicans passed their far-reaching tort reform bill last year, they did away with the effects of a 2005 state Supreme Court ruling that made six paint manufacturers potentially responsible for a Milwaukee boy's lead poisoning. Now, in a move that ...

Too much lead exposure causes lead poisoning, which is toxic to organs, including the heart and kidneys. But can lead exposure over a long period of time turn you into a Debbie Downer? A study has pitted the sexes against each other when it ...

as the government considers tightening the definition of lead poisoning in babies, toddlers and preschoolers. Lower levels than previously thought may harm their developing brains. That's a scary-sounding message. But from a practical standpoint ...

Eight of 23 birds that died of lead poisoning still had metal or lead fragments in their gastrointestinal tract. Condor 422 was in the wild for six months and was exposed to lead four times prior to its death. "The most important mortality ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many Burmese refugee children bound for the U.S. may have dangerously high levels of lead in their blood, a new government study finds. Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that of ...

A year-and-a-half ago we reported on an epidemic of lead poisoning in northern Nigeria. The soaring price of gold was driving a rush of unregulated wildcat mining there. That frantic search for gold was also contaminating local villages with toxic lead dust.