Condor Talk - Why are California condors still dying from lead poisoning? (It’s complicated.)

Join Friends of California Condors Wild and Free for an fascinating free lecture by Dr. Myra Finkelstein, Environmental Toxicologist. Learn about why condors are still dying and how that knowledge is guiding management of the recovery.

Dr. Myra Finkelstein, Adjunct Professor in the Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology Department at the University of California Santa Cruz, is an environmental toxicologist with almost 25 years of experience working on issues related to contaminant-induced effects in wildlife as well as a proven track record for generating solid scientific evidence that resulted in a tangible benefit to wildlife health. For example, Dr. Finkelstein’s research showed unequivocally that Laysan albatross chicks were severely lead-poisoned from ingesting lead-based paint and that this lead poisoning was contributing to population declines, prompting the remediation of lead-based paint on Midway Atoll. Additionally, Dr. Finkelstein and her colleagues identified lead-based ammunition as the principal source of lead poisoning in California…