Wildlife in Kinabatangan Floodplain under threat from heavy metal pollution

Dr Evans setting up a GPS collar on an anaesthetised Malayan civet.

KOTA KINABALU: Heavy metal pollution from unknown sources in areas around plantations is posing a threat to Sabah's wildlife, a study finds.

The scientific study conducted over eight years on small carnivores found 13 different metals including the more worrying lead, mercury, chromium and cadmium.