[env-trinity] CBS July 21 2009

[Byron Leydecker]

Jul 21, 2009 4:46 pm US/Pacific 


Study Finds Pesticides Travel, Kill Sierra Frogs


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Foothill Yellow-Legged Frog. 

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A new study shows frogs in the high Sierra are threatened by airborne
pesticides sprayed hundreds of miles away in the Central Valley.

Researchers at Southern <http://www.siu.edu/>  Illinois University and the
U.S. <http://www.usgs.gov/>  Geological Survey measured toxicity levels of
two pesticides, chlorpyrifos and endosulfan, to Pacific treefrogs and
foothill yellow-legged frogs. Both species native to the mountain meadows
have seen their populations decline.

The tadpoles developed abnormalities that could increase their vulnerability
to predators, flood and drought.

The report said that airborne pesticides catch easterly winds and fall
during rain and snow, then are spread by runoff.

The study was published in the August 2009 issue of Environmental Toxicology
and Chemistry
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Byron Leydecker, JcT

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