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Frogs are Environmental Canaries

[fa icon="calendar'] Sep 23, 2019 2:03:00 PM / by Isadora Guggenheim

red eye tree frog

 

This red-eyed tree frog may become extinct because of exposure to flame retardants which causes weakened immune systems. A weakened immune system makes all animals more susceptible to a host of diseases. Amphibians are dying worldwide. Why?

Because of man made chemicals that permeate and persist in our environment.  Frogs are more vulnerable because of their thin porous skin. Monsanto pesticides have wiped out the bee colonies and we are next.

Toxic chemicals, unlike any other evolutionary contributor, can decimate global populations of living creatures. A new laboratory experiment exposed northern leopard frogs to polybrominated diphenyl ethers in their early development. The frogs were injected with a foreign protein which they were supposed to recognize as foreign and produce antibodies. The exposed frogs produced up to 92% fewer antibodies.  Antibody production is critical to eliminate pathogens and survive disease.  

Amphibians are threatened with extinction because of habitat destruction, global warming, parasites and viruses.  A weakened immune system makes all species vulnerable to disease. Realistic concentrations of flame retardant concentrations altered immune function in frogs; low exposure concentrations had the highest negative effect of low antibody production. Flame retardants bind to a receptor in frogs that disables the immune system. That same mixture lowered antibody production in mice, mink and humans. If it's not safe for frogs it's not safe for us.  

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Isadora Guggenheim

Written by Isadora Guggenheim

Isadora Guggenheim, ND, FNP, RN, MS, CNS, LMT, owner of Second Nature Naturopathic Care, LLC
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