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Posted Fri Jul 4 2008: from University of Florida, via EurekAlert:
New study points to agriculture in frog sexual abnormalities http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1215172064
 In a study with wide implications for a longstanding debate over whether agricultural chemicals pose a threat to amphibians, UF zoologists have found that toads in suburban areas are less likely to suffer from reproductive system abnormalities than toads near farms -- where some had both testes and ovaries. "As you increase agriculture," said Lou Guillette, a distinguished professor of zoology, "you have an increasing number of abnormalities."
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That said, the suburban toads have that hellacious commute.

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