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Kill an eagle? >> yes. as far as lead toxicity goes, yeah. >> so here's the plasma sample. >> reporter: travis wilcoxen is chairman of the biology department at nearby millikin university, and he's on the raptor center board. he and nuzzo decided to start testing all the birds brought in. >> some of the birds that really started to catch our eyes were birds that do not scavenge. these were birds that actively hunt live prey, like cooper's hawk and the eastern screech owl. >> we definitely see a lotof lead in these guys. >> reporter: they were surprised to find that a third of the raptors they ...

Users of illegal drugs such as heroin are at risk of lead poisoning, but patients who take certain traditional remedies may also be at risk.

The researchers found that 90% of children born in the US between 1951 and 1980 had blood-lead levels higher than the CDC threshold.

Lead poisoning remains a significant threat to the health of young children in the United States, based on data from blood tests of more than 1 million children.