/ Lead pollution Content for 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Davis en /news/using-urban-pigeons-monitor-lead-pollution-0 <p>Decades after being banned from paint and gasoline, lead pollution remains a significant problem. A new study shows that lead levels in the blood of pigeons in New York City correlate with levels in children. Monitoring pigeons could be a way to look for emerging hotspots of lead or other pollution.&nbsp;</p> July 19, 2016 - 10:49am Andy Fell /news/using-urban-pigeons-monitor-lead-pollution-0