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color:#666666'>Jul 21, 2009 4:46 pm US/Pacific <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<h2 style='background:white'><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>Study Finds
Pesticides Travel, Kill Sierra Frogs<o:p></o:p></span></h2>

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href="http://cbs5.com/local/%20http:/cbs5.com/environment"><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#004D99'>Environment & The Green Beat</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h5>

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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Foothill
Yellow-Legged Frog. <o:p></o:p></span></p>

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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:125%;
font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#004D99'><a
href="http://www.setacjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1897%2F08-336.1"
target="_blank">Request Full Text From Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry</a>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>A new study shows frogs in the high Sierra are threatened by
airborne pesticides sprayed hundreds of miles away in the Central Valley.<br>
<br>
Researchers at <a href="http://www.siu.edu/" target="_blank">Southern
Illinois University</a> and the <a href="http://www.usgs.gov/">U.S.
Geological Survey</a> measured toxicity levels of two pesticides, chlorpyrifos
and endosulfan, to Pacific treefrogs and foothill yellow-legged frogs. Both
species native to the mountain meadows have seen their populations decline.<br>
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The tadpoles developed abnormalities that could increase their vulnerability to
predators, flood and drought.<br>
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The report said that airborne pesticides catch easterly winds and fall during
rain and snow, then are spread by runoff.<br>
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The study was published in the August 2009 issue of <a
href="http://www.setacjournals.org/perlserv/?request=index-html&ct=1"
target="_blank">Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry</a>.</span><b><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>Byron
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>Chair, Friends
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