Lead Poisoning
Our Changing World – Lead bullets and their risk to human health
23 Oct 2024
Humanity has had a long and vexed relationship with the element lead. The problem is the stuff is terribly useful – and terribly toxic. Think Roman water pipes, lead paint, lead petrol. Now, new… Audio
Arthur's Pass kea heads to hospital with lead poisoning
26 Oct 2017
It's been a big week for the kea, named on Tuesday as the winner of the 2017 Bird of the Year contest. But it hasn't been the best of weeks for all of the alpine parrots. A kea with lead poisoning has… Audio
Tui suffer lead poisoning
24 Aug 2015
For the first time ever tui have been found with lead poisoning and nobody can figure out how it got into the birds' food chain. Audio
