UC Santa Cruz Researcher Finds Albatross Tragedy

Myra Finkelstein
Good Times Santa Cruz | February 3, 2010
Myra Finkelstein has discovered that lead paint chips from an abandoned U.S. Navy base on the Midway Atoll are poisoning thousands of albatross chicks each year. Her latest study shows that the disease droopwing is causing a substantive drop in the Laysan albatross population worldwide.

Good Times Santa Cruz

Good Times has been the leading local media outlet in Santa Cruz County for 40 years, with a circulation of 35,000 and readership of 96,200 each week (verified by Circulation Verification Council). Readers anticipate picking up Good Times every Wednesday...
More »
Contact for Reprint Rights
  • Market Served: Metropolitan Area
  • Address: 1101 Pacific Ave, Ste 320, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
  • Phone: (831) 458-1100
www.goodtimes.sc