handrew

http://environment.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn11246&feedId=earth_rss20

[The link is from one of my RSS feeds so I hope it works ok]

Andrew

tmichael

Interesting and worrying article, Andrew, but I think calling them "pollution carriers" rather than "pollution magnets" (as the article itself does)  could be a little dangerous, suggesting they spread the pollution, somehow, and even leading to confusion with the issue of disease propagation.

Sorry to be such a stickler!

Mike Turnbull

handrew

Fair point Mike. I had picked the word carrier from the statement "China's birds of prey are carrying an unexpected cargo" but I'll amend the caption.

Andrew