Subject: [Oversea] Birds of Prey as pollution magnets - New Scientist article 中國猛禽體內積聚大 [Print This Page] Author: handrew Time: 25/02/2007 13:09 Subject: Birds of Prey as pollution magnets - New Scientist article 中國猛禽體內積聚大
[The link is from one of my RSS feeds so I hope it works ok]
Andrew Author: tmichael Time: 25/02/2007 20:29
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 Author: handrew Time: 25/02/2007 20:58
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
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