“Whenever some dizzy lib talks to me about any science I toss in hormesis. They’ve never heard of it. Go look it up and get back to me. They never get back to me.”
So how does hormesis explain growing infertility in fish and the growing number of deformaties in frogs from all the toxins we are pouring into the environment.
"In recent years, the frequency of malformed frogs, toads, salamanders and other amphibians found with missing limbs, extra limbs, and skin webbings has increased. The shrinking populations of many North American amphibian populations underscore the need to understand the causes and implications of this phenomenon. Now a new study suggests that a parasite may be to blame for many of the abnormalities found in amphibians of the western United StatesOf course, still wanting a human connection in the "having their cake and eating it, too" sense, they speculated that fertilizers could have caused proliferation of snails and parasites, thus resulting in amphibian limb deformities.
...The group looked at the relationships between the frequency and severity of abnormalities and a variety of factors in a particular aquatic site, including the abundance of a parasite (Ribeiroia) and pesticide contamination. The collaborative and interdisciplinary effort, which included academic researchers, as well as federal scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Survey, found malformed amphibians at a wide variety of aquatic sites, ranging from mountain lakes and ephemeral pools to irrigation canals and impoundments. While the researchers did not find a relationship between pesticides and the frequency of malformed amphibians, they did find a striking connection between malformed amphibians and the presence of Ribeiroia ..."