Frogs as an indicator of Human Health

what's wrong with this picture?

I stumbled upon a PBS documentary, "Frogs: The Thin Green Line" that has some of the answers.

Here are the highlights -

UC Berkeley Professor Tyrone Hayes' work:




Yale University Professor David Skelly's work:




More info about pharmaceutical impacts on our water supply in this New York Times article.

What can you do?

First, try to purchase/consume less pharmaceuticals:)

But if you have expired/no-longer-needed prescription/over-the-counter gels, creams, pills or liquid meds then call your city's waste disposal office to find out if the city has a process for safely disposing of meds. You could also check with your local pharmacy - they sometimes accept meds (even ones they didn't sell you) for safe disposal. At the very least, don't flush your drugs down the toilet/straight into our water supply.