Fellow Story

Lead Poisoning of Albatross Chicks

Fellow(s): Myra Finkelstein
Topic(s): Conservation Science, Environmental Engineering & Toxicology

Lead-based paint enjoyed widespread use up until 1978. In her effort to save a species, Switzer fellow Myra Finkelstein uses the latest scientific tools to pinpoint crumbling paint as the source of painful diseases, crippling wing mutations, and early death in albatross chicks. 

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Myra Finkelstein

1998 Fellow
Myra Finkelstein’s research focuses on human impacts to wildlife with an emphasis on contaminant-induced effects. To fulfill this goal, her research seeks to develop links in the often difficult-to-understand causal chain between...