William Brogan wrote: " However, other herbicides such as Atrazine are not
very lethal to amphibians in concentrations that are likely to be observed
in surface waters."
"Not very lethal" is not the name of the game. If a chemical causes them
to become intersex and be otherwise messed up endocrinologically or
neurologically, or by any other important sublethal effect, that's enough
damage to affect the population. Killing non-target organisms is not the
only way to severely damage them!!
1880's: "There's lots of good fish in the sea" W.S. Gilbert
1990's: Many fish stocks depleted due to overfishing, habitat loss,
and pollution.
2000's: Marine reserves, ecosystem restoration, and pollution reduction
MAY help restore populations.
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Judith S. Weis, Professor Department of Biological Sciences
Rutgers University, Newark NJ 07102 [email protected]
Phone: 973 353-5387 FAX 973 353-5518
http://newarkbioweb.rutgers.edu/department/FacultyProfiles/weis.html
