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Pesticide use linked to dying frogs in California http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1250605633
Don Sparling of Southern Illinois University Carbondale found that minute quantities of endosulfan -- the active ingredient in many pesticides -- was enough kill frogs.
"At 0.8 parts per billion, we lose all of them," Sparling said. 8 parts per billion is the equivalent of a dozen salt grains dissolved in 500 gallons of water.
"We always thought there was an association between pesticides and declining amphibian populations, and we're building up a body of evidence to show this is the case."
Sparling and colleagues found that endosulfan are making their way, likely via wind currents, into critical frog habitat, triggering die-offs among Pacific tree frogs and foothill yellow-legged frogs, which are native to meadows in California's Sierra Mountains.... "These pesticides are applied by airplanes and we found that the wind would blow some of it up into the mountains, for instance. In other cases, these chemicals would volatize after being applied, turning into a gaseous state, which could also be picked up and spread into the mountains by wind."
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Endosulfan has been banned in most civilized countries. It's a Persistent Organic Pollutant -- meaning it doesn't get metabolized, but is passed on from critter to critter, poisoning along the way. Like, y'know, DDT. What the hell are we doing allowing endosulfan use in this civilized country?
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