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Frog deformities caused by parasites, not pesticides.
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| May. 06, 2002
| JEFF BARNARD
Posted on 05/08/2002 8:13:14 AM PDT by grundle
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05/08/2002 8:13:14 AM PDT
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grundle
To: grundle
It would be interesting to find out if any typical types of pollution that have been cleaned up kill the parasitic flatworms.
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05/08/2002 8:15:32 AM PDT
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DrDavid
To: grundle
This story is guaranteed not to make the front pages of the major media. Probably will be buried in Page B23 of the Saturday editions.
To: grundle
But the media can't stop me from bookmarking!
Thanks for the good find.
To: grundle
I wonder if they can feed these parasites to chickens? No more fighting over the drumsticks!
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To: Diddle E. Squat
"This story is guaranteed not to make the front pages of the major media. Probably will be buried in Page B23 of the Saturday editions."Ah, but they managed to blame people. It took a little DOING, but they managed it.
If pesticides aren't the problem, how about a study to see whether they can be a part of the solution? I say WORM THOSE SNAILS!
To: grundle
Gee, I recall our local rag carrying the story about the poor deformed froggies and the wicked pesticides. But wonder of all wonders, I didn't see THIS story in the paper this morning. They must have missed it on the AP wire. NOT!!!!!
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05/08/2002 8:48:23 AM PDT
by
PLK
To: grundle
Interesting. There are web sites about the worldwide plague of deformed frogs all over the net. One of my kids did a school project on this topic, complete with pictures of frogs who looked as if they had taken thalidomide. Well, it's good news if they have pinned down the cause. I put people before frogs, but you have to feel sorry for the frogs after looking at all those pictures.
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05/08/2002 8:57:04 AM PDT
by
Cicero
To: cake_crumb
I say WORM THOSE SNAILS!Don't let them BAIT you into SLUGging them!
To: PLK
forward the article, e-mail and phone 'em, and pester them for an explanation if they won't run this article.
Grass roots make a difference.
To: cake_crumb
We knew they'd blame people somehow, but look how many steps removed!
"We think the fertilizer is causing more algae,'' Blaustein said. "More algae means more snails to eat the algae.
More snails means more parasites (because they live in the snails). More parasites means more malformed frogs.''
It took some doing, but they did it.
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05/08/2002 9:07:43 AM PDT
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jwalburg
To: gcochran
There was a thing where scientists had some success with Fluconazole in treating adult frogs infected with Chytrid fungus. Don't know whether anything more has been done.
American scientists seem bent upon finding a human farmer factor for the parasites, so they will, whether there really is one or not.
To: jwalburg
"It took some doing, but they did it."Yep, they sure did. And of course, it's not the fault of just any old humans. It's the EEEEEVEEEEEL cattle ranchers fault. Of course, we can TRUST the results of this study: after all, they went in looking to pin the epidemic on pesticides, and wound up blaming ....COWS!!
Now they're looking to see if they can fit air quality into their theory. I wonder if they'll find that COW FARTS are the cause!!
BAN ALL BOVINES!!
To: thud
ping
To: jwalburg
Actually, they are not blaming people in general -- only elected officials and other parasites...
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05/08/2002 9:36:34 AM PDT
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tracer
To: Cicero
Looks like an escapee from a French restaurant.
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posted on
05/08/2002 9:49:18 AM PDT
by
Erasmus
To: DrDavid
It would be interesting to find out if any typical types of pollution that have been cleaned up kill the parasitic flatworms.A valid observation!!! Thank you.
To: GatĂșn(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
Parasites have been discussed for years in the refereed literature. The "media" has discussed pesticides. Still, there are lots of amphibians disappearing worldwide.
To: grundle
"GRANTS PASS, Ore. -- After slogging through 101 ponds and wetlands in five western states, scientists on the trail of a mysterious outbreak of deformities in frogs have settled on a microscopic parasitic flatworm as the prime suspect."
No they've done it! They've gone and taken the deformed frogs away from the environmentalists!! Have these truth seekers got no heart!?!
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