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Man-Made Chemicals May Be Driving a Global Decline in Male Births

In species from alligators to humans, males are being born less frequently than they were before.  Environmental experts are examining the link between man-made chemicals and their role as endocrine disruptors. Exposure to phthalates, a common class of petrochemicals, can happen through air, water or food.  They are contained in cosmetics, cleaning products and consumer
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Invasive Carp Are Destroying Malheur Lake’s Bird Habitat

Introduced to Malheur Lake as early as the 1920s, likely as a food source for people living in the arid region, the invasive carp have now taken over the lake. Historically, Malheur Lake was utilized by up to 35% of the Pacific Flyway’s canvasback population, was the second most important redhead production site in the
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Why Feeding Ducks Bread Harms Wildlife and Pollutes Water

Bread is low in protein and are very poor substitutes for natural foods such as aquatic plants, natural grains, and invertebrates.
The sun is shining. The temperatures are rising. A trip to the park is imminent. All of the end pieces of bread saved during the long winter is gathered and ready for the trip. Strolling along the water’s edge the ducks are just waiting to receive some of the bounty, they are so used to
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Where Road Salt Comes From and How It Pollutes Waterways

Loading road salt ahead of the weather.
In 2013 U.S. officials applied about 17 million tons of salt to roads. Salt lowers the freezing temperature of water and thus melts street-clogging snow and ice. But its public safety benefits do come with some ecological drawbacks. Salt not only damages metal and concrete, it contaminates drinking water, kills vegetation, and accumulates in streams,
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