In doing some research since i read this, NJ has a problem with lead and not just in the water. This is an excerpt from a 2016 article:
The communities with the high lead levels include Irvington, East Orange, Trenton, Newark, Paterson, Plainfield, Jersey City, Elizabeth, Atlantic City, New Brunswick and Passaic, along with Salem and Cumberland counties.
"You can breathe it in from dust and you can swallow it," Pivnick said.
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New Jersey Department of Health statistics from 2014, the last year for which data is available, show that those 11 cities and two counties had a higher percentage of children with elevated lead levels than Flint did in 2015, as shown by Michigan state statistics.
Long story short - if the lead is in her food source, her chances of having offspring that live very long will be diminished and her own health may be compromised. I did notice when her second baby was ill that she was also gagging along with him several times while I was watching. even though she's an adult, that doesn't mean it can't hurt her. It can damage her reproductive system and could eventually destroy her liver leading to her death over time.
I'm just so sad Cadence ended up in this area.. that her health, her mate's and the health of any future babies might be in jeopardy. With the EPA being gutted and all the environmental/wildlife protections, that were in place, being erased, you wonder where the Peregrine/Raptor population will be in years to come. Sad!
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Boy, he sure was eye balling that other nestling! 
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