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Early Exposure to Common Weed Killer Impairs Amphibian Development
Science & Tech  (tags: research, environment, frogs, reptiles, developmental biology, biotechnology, atrazine, caspase-3, exposure, herbicide, kidney, morphogenesis, organ, tadpoles )

J.
- 1858 days ago - yubanet.com
When exposed to the widely used herbicide atrazine in their early stages of life the common weed killer,once thought to be harmless to animals,disrupts growth of vital organs in amphibians during multiple growth periods.
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Scott Shaubel (816)
Friday April 18, 2008, 4:28 am

- All chemicals upset the balance of nature, ban chemicals now.
 
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