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Study shows pesticide used on crops is killing frogs in the Sierras

August 13th, 2009 · No Comments

From Green Right Now Reports

Birds, bees and frogs. We’ve known for a long time that they’re affected by pesticides and chemical pollution.

In the last few years, many scientists have come to see frogs, whose populations are in steep decline, as one of the most vulnerable; humankind’s canary in the coal mine.

Now researchers at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale are illuminating why frogs are in such deep trouble. They’ve found that just a few grains of a pesticide ingredient commonly used in California agriculture can make mountain streams lethal to frogs.

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