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Globe Editorial

A no-lead law for loons

(Derrick Z. Jackson/Globe Staff)
July 26, 2008

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THE CALL of the loon was particularly haunting this month against a sad backdrop. Biologists in New Hampshire discovered four loons dead from lead poisoning. The deaths were disturbing for many reasons. One is that the summer is only half over and one more lead-killed loon will exceed the annual average for the state. Another is that the loons came ... (Full article: 368 words)

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