Popular pesticides kill frogs outright

Mongabay: Commonly used agrochemicals (insecticides, fungicides and herbicides) kill frogs outright when sprayed on fields even when used at recommended dosages, according to new research in Scientific Reports. Testing seven chemicals on European common frogs (Rana temporaria), the scientists found that all of them were potentially lethal to amphibians. In fact, two fungicides-Headline and Captain Omya-wiped out the entire population of frogs at the recommended dosage. The study warns that agricultural chemicals......

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