US review shows pesticides harm threatened salmon, whales

Federal scientists have determined that a family of widely used pesticides poses a threat to dozens of endangered and threatened species, including Pacific salmon, Atlantic sturgeon and Puget Sound orcas. The National Marine Fisheries Service issued its new biological opinion on three organophosphate pesticides — chlorpyrifos, diazinon and malathion — after a yearslong court fight by environmental groups. >click here to read< 19:58 

2 Responses to US review shows pesticides harm threatened salmon, whales

  1. DickyG says:

    Really? Who could have possibly imagined such an outcome… And that’s not to mention all the other crap (antibiotics, steroids, questionable feed, etc.) that they’re pumping into these animals in order to keep them alive in these aquatic “feed lots”.

  2. Joel Hovanesian says:

    aquatic “feed lots”.
    No, More like aquatic cesspools.

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