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In reply to the discussion: The Frogs are Dying [View all]

AikidoSoul

(2,150 posts)
8. You've hit the nail on the head
Thu Jan 3, 2013, 10:25 PM
Jan 2013

We've lived in N. Florida since 1994 on 21 acres of land on a pond and have seen a huge decline in toads and frogs. Starting about ten years ago the air would become very toxic when the temperature reached dew-point. We would become disoriented, dizzy and have other neurological symptoms. As the moisture came lower it would take the toxicants down with it and concentrate. If we get sick when that happens, one can imagine how tiny frogs with permeable skin would suffer.

Pesticides, herbicides, fungicides...all have increased dramatically over the past decade. We are slowly committing suicide.

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