Lead and Other Trace Elements in Danish Birds of Prey.

Publisher: Springer-Verlag Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 0357245 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1432-0703 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00904341 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Arch Environ Contam Toxicol Subsets: MEDLINE

Original Publication: New York, Springer-Verlag.

Birds*; Environmental Pollutants/*analysis ; Lead/*analysis ; Trace Elements/*analysis; Animals ; Cadmium/analysis ; Denmark ; Ecosystem ; Ecotoxicology/methods ; Environmental Monitoring ; Liver/chemistry ; Mercury/analysis ; Selenium/analysis

Lead is a widely used and toxic heavy metal that poses a serious hazard to wildlife species and their ecosystems. Lead is used for production of hunting ammunition. Via gunshot or rifle projectiles, it spreads in ecosystems and may end up in predators and scavengers feeding on wounded or dead animals shot with lead-based ammunition. To assess to what degree Danish raptors are subject to lead contamination, we measured the content of lead in liver tissue from Danish birds of prey (n = 137). Additionally, the study included values for 54 other trace elements. In our analysis, emphasis was put on interpretation of lead levels. Levels of cadmium, mercury and selenium were also discussed, while data for the remaining elements were provided for reference purposes. Bismuth was included to assess if lead originated from bismuth gunshot used as an alternative to lead shot. Concentrations of lead, cadmium, mercury and selenium were generally below the levels in similar studies of birds of prey in other northern European countries and none exceeded known and generally accepted threshold values for adverse health effects. As for lead, this is possibly related to the phase out of lead shot for hunting since 1986. The study confirms results from other studies showing that bismuth shot contains traces of lead that is deposited with bismuth in the target animal.

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0 (Environmental Pollutants)
0 (Trace Elements)
00BH33GNGH (Cadmium)
2P299V784P (Lead)
FXS1BY2PGL (Mercury)
H6241UJ22B (Selenium)

Date Created: 20190620 Date Completed: 20191112 Latest Revision: 20200225

20240829

PMC6731194

10.1007/s00244-019-00646-5

31214747