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=== Lead poisoning === In a 2003 survey of [[New England]] dead loons, lead poisoning from fishing weights accounted for about half of the deaths, and other human factors directly caused the death of 52% of the observed 522 loons.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Sidor |first1=Inga F. |last2=Pokras |first2=Mark A. |last3=Major |first3=Andrew R. |last4=Poppenga |first4=Robert H. |last5=Taylor |first5=Kate M. |last6=Miconi |first6=Rose M. |date=April 2003 |title=Mortality of Common Loons in New England, 1987 to 2000 |journal=Journal of Wildlife Diseases |volume=39 |issue=2 |pages=306β315 |doi=10.7589/0090-3558-39.2.306 |issn=0090-3558|doi-access=free |pmid=12910757 }}</ref>
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