Last thing I heard was a blaming of medical use of hormones-- human &
animal-- what the body doesn't use, &/or the metabolites (right word?) end
up in waterways. Or hormones plus pesticides, being a powerful double-wammy
for amphibians.
Not counting the loss of quantity and quality of wetlands...
Hi Friends,
The Organic Consumer Association's online paper recently ran a blurb about
Roundup
being extremely lethal to amphibians. Apparently the tests were supposed to
show
its effects on algae, but the results were obvious as scientists continued
the
study. Atrazine has also been recently found to be deadly to amphibians.
Tadpoles
are the most affected stage of development in both cases. I would be makeing
a leap
of intelligence to suppose herbicides could be at least partly responsible
for the
decline in amphibians we all have read so much about in the last few
years...What
do you think?
Heron Breen
zone 4, Maine