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Hormone Disrupting Chemicals and Climate Change Increase Risk of Extinction in Wildlife

By Garry Rogers @Garry_Rogers

Hormone disrupting chemicals and climate change increase risk of extinction in wildlifeThe impact of pollution on wildlife could be made dramatically worse by climate change according to a new study published today in the journal PNAS.

Source: phys.org

GR:  Hormone disrupting chemicals are leaked into soils and water along with human wastes.  This one of the reasons that amphibians, fish, and other water-dependent species are in general more endangered than  terrestrial animals.


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