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07/12/2018 / By Isabelle Z.

Pesticides impair the fertility of male frogs, causing a female-biased sex ratio

We all know that pesticides are bad, but the news just keeps getting worse as studies continue to show the extent of their harm. The latest strike against them comes in the form of a study carried out by researchers from the Department of Environmental Toxicology at Uppsala University, one of just a few labs […]

07/10/2018 / By Ethan Huff

Scientific American confirms: Atrazine herbicide is a “sex-changing weed killer” that turns male frogs GAY

A scientific study has reaffirmed that a popular weedkiller manufactured by Syngenta and used on crop fields all across the United States is so damaging to the endocrine system that it can actually turn natural-born males into females. Published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the paper by researchers from the […]

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