Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 4, 2012. The world’s most popular weed killer can induce morphological changes in vertebrate animals, U.S. biologists studying its effect on amphibians say. University of Pittsburgh researchers have found that the weed killer Roundup, in sub-lethal and environmentally relevant concentrations, causes two species of amphibians to change their shape by interfering with the hormones of tadpoles and potentially many other animals.
The study, “New effects of Roundup on amphibians: Predators reduce herbicide…
