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To: Norski

Funnily enough, he was talking about atrazine. The introduction of atrazine into surface water had some nasty effects on frogs:

Atrazine, one of the world’s most widely used pesticides, wreaks havoc with the sex lives of adult male frogs, emasculating three-quarters of them and turning one in 10 into females

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45 posted on 05/19/2022 2:34:21 AM PDT by markomalley (Directive 10-289 is in force)
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To: markomalley

“Atrazine, one of the world’s most widely used pesticides, wreaks havoc with the sex lives of adult male frogs, emasculating three-quarters of them and turning one in 10 into females…” . . .

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Seems that frogs should make excellent pest control for insects. Wonder if law of unintended consequences applies here.


51 posted on 05/19/2022 3:55:13 AM PDT by Norski (Revelation 22:20)
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