Between 400000 and 1.5 million waterbirds alone die in Europe annually from ingesting lead and there is a need to phase out lead a UN body said on Wednesday. The number of additional birds suffering health problems because of poisoning by lead ammunition is at least as large as the number killed by lead shot every year. Lead poisoning the world over is not only killing millions of birds. Lead in our environment is also an issue of human health which urgently needs to be addressed said a statement quoting the UN Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) Executive Secretary Bradnee