Artist: Kevina Malhotra

Age: 11

School Name: Creative Einstein

Lead-safety Message: Both Hummingbird feathers and Seahorses are good lead bioindicators because both live in limited moving ranges and bioaccumulate local lead pollution. Hummingbirds get lead from nectar and small insects, whereas Seahorses get lead from crustacea like shrimps. Microplastics in the ocean might also increase the bioaccumulation of heavy metals by Seahorses.

Description of Work: Colouring pencils on paper. Collaged in Paint and Powerpoint. Lead Safety Message from Bioaccumulation of contaminants in wild seahorses collected from coastal China, 17 October 2022; Toxic metals and associated sporulated bacteria on Andean hummingbird feathers, 31 August 2016.