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09/25/2007: "Farm runoffs pollute environment"

The growing number of deformed frogs in recent years is caused at least partly by runoff from farming and ranching, new research indicates.

Nitrogen and phosphorous in the runoff fuel a cycle that results in a parasitic infection of tadpoles, resulting in loss of legs, extra legs or other deformities, according to researchers led by Pieter Johnson of the University of Colorado, Boulder.

[ The corporate farming is not sustainable. ]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070925/ap_on_sc/deformed_frogs