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BBC – Earth News – Axolotl verges on wild extinction
The amphibian that never grew up is on the verge of going extinct in the wild.
New survey work suggests that fewer than 1,200 Mexican axolotls remain in its last stronghold, the Xochimilco area of central Mexico.
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Friends of the Irish Environment
Friends of the Irish Environment, who are supporting the Climate Camp at Shannonbridge, are referring Bord na Mona’s immunity from prosecution under the Water Pollution Acts to the European Commission.
The group has pointed out that Section 27 of the 1946 Turf Act removed the obligation of Bord na Mona to comply with the Fisheries Acts which protect our waters.
FIE says ‘This is an infringement of EU environment law which requires protection of our water.
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Atrazine: A bigger threat than we knew | Fair Food Fight
Here’s a very helpful piece by Dr. Heather Patisaul on the effects of atrazine, a household pesticide that’s also used heavily in conventional corn production. In it, she describes, the dangers of atrazine, which have been known for nealry a decade now.
Laboratory and wildlife studies show that atrazine can cause reproductive and other organ abnormalities in vertebrates…The most persistent effects of atrazine occur when exposure occurs during development – rather than in adulthood – because the brain and reproductive organs are still forming. Effects of developmental exposure are less likely to be reversible.
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