by Susan | Mar 25, 2010 | Chemicals in the Environment, Environmental Health
Last summer, we wrote a post, Rachel Carson’s Legacy, about troubling chemicals called endrocrine disruptors, potentially harmful to both humans and frogs, that are in herbicides and pesticides, as well as in plastic, cosmetics, and many consumer products. We...
by Susan | Jan 20, 2010 | Chemicals in the Environment, Climate change and frogs, Environmental Health, Learn about Frogs, Living a Frog-Friendly Life
I’ve always had a sentimental attachment to cornfields—from the magical cornfield in Field of Dreams to the real cornfield across the road from a house I lived in during college years. My mother was born and raised in Iowa and I’m descended from farmers....
by Susan | Jul 20, 2009 | Chemicals in the Environment, Environmental Health, Living a Frog-Friendly Life
Last week I wrote about Atrazine, an endocrine disruptor used widely in pesticides. These chemicals, which mimic human hormones, have been connected with genital deformities in fish, frogs, and possibly newborn baby boys. This week I’m writing about endocrine...
by Susan | Jul 16, 2009 | Chemicals in the Environment, Environmental Health, Frog People
In my post Rachel Carson’s Legacy, I wrote about widely-used chemicals called endocrine disruptors that are causing deformities in fish and frogs, and are linked to an increase in genital deformities in newborn baby boys. When reading about endocrine disruptors,...
by Susan | Jul 2, 2009 | Environmental Health
Just this past week, I re-read Rachel Carson’s groundbreaking book Silent Spring. First published in 1962, Silent Spring was a wake-up call, warning people about the devastating effects of chemical pesticides on humans and on wildlife. The book spurred changes...
