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\"\"(Beyond Pesticide<\/em>s, November 15, 2019) The Endangered Species Coalition<\/a> has released its newest annual report on the 10 U.S. species most threatened by pesticide use, Poisoned: 10 American species imperiled by pesticides<\/em><\/a>. Produced with seven of its member groups, the coalition introduces the report by noting,<\/a> \u201cOur world is awash in chemicals. We\u2019re particularly addicted to pesticides.\u201d It points to well-known harms, and identifies the exacerbating factors of both climate change and the Trump administration, the latter of which \u201cdenies the reality of climate change and has dramatically changed how the Endangered Species Act (ESA) is implemented, leaving vulnerable species at far greater risk.\u201d The introduction ends on a somewhat encouraging tone, saying that previous administrations have supported record growth in organic farming \u2014 the solution to pesticides harms<\/a> that Beyond Pesticides has long endorsed \u2014 and that \u201cany administration has the power to get us back on track and away from pesticides.\u201d<\/p>\n

Impacts on wildlife linked to pesticide exposures \u2014 including mammals, bees and other pollinators, fish and other aquatic organisms, birds, and the biota within soil \u2014 have been well documented by Beyond Pesticides<\/a>, and include reproductive, neurological, renal, hepatic, endocrine disruptive, and developmental anomalies, as well as cancers, in a wide range of species.<\/p>\n

The 10 species \u2014 plus an additional \u201cstaff choice\u201d \u2014 identified in the report<\/a> live, variously, in virtually every region of the continental U.S. Many of these species live in the Pacific Northwest and\/or in California, but Southern, Midwestern, and mid-Atlantic states are host to some, as well. Brief descriptions of the status of each of these creatures follow.<\/p>\n

Although exceedingly little is known about the Salado salamander <\/strong>(U.S. population = unknown), which was recognized as a new species only in 2000, what is known is that it is very rare (with barely more than 100 of them found during the past 30 years), and it requires clean, high-quality water for survival. It is vulnerable to impacts from glyphosate<\/a> in water sources, and potentially to atrazine, as are some other amphibians<\/a>, which can stunt growth, cause deformities, and impair reproductive development. The tiny known populations currently live in only a few springs in one county in Texas.<\/p>\n

The ground-nesting streaked horned lark <\/strong>(population = < 2,000), whose territory used to range from southwest British Colombia to southern Oregon, is now found only along the southern Washington coast, the lower Columbia River, the southern Puget Sound lowlands, and Oregon\u2019s Willamette Valley. It has been designated as \u201cthreatened\u201d under the Endangered Species Act<\/a>. These birds are greatly affected by habitat destruction, and can be lethally affected by neonicotinoid pesticides to which they are exposed through consumption of neonicotinoid-treated seeds<\/a>. Bird populations are significantly harmed<\/a> by these pesticides.<\/p>\n

Chinook salmon<\/strong> (population = a fraction of historic numbers) are likely a better-known species than some on this list, both for their food and commercial value, and for their traditional role in Pacific Northwest Native subsistence and cultures. These salmon start life in cold freshwater streams, then migrate to the ocean, and ultimately swim many miles (in some cases, hundreds) upstream to their natal waterways to breed and then die. This largest of the salmon has been brutally affected by development, overfishing, damming of rivers, and agricultural effluent, including pesticides. Chlorpyrifos, malathion, and diazinon are especially dangerous<\/a> for the salmon; they accumulate in the fatty tissues of the fish, and can cause abnormal sexual development, and impair their swimming ability, growth, development, and reproduction. Organisms farther up the food chain \u2014 including humans \u2014 then consume these fish and whatever chemicals are stored in them. Too, chinook salmon are the major food source for orca whales<\/a>; as salmon populations have plummeted, so many orcas are dying from starvation, reproductive failures, and calf mortalities, that fewer than 75 remain.<\/p>\n

The Crotch\u2019s bumble bee <\/strong>(population = unknown), like so many other pollinators, is adversely affected by pesticides and by neonicotinoids<\/a>, in particular. Not only are the bees exposed to these compounds as they forage among flowers for nectar and pollen; they are also, it turns out, exposed as they overwinter<\/a> in undergrounds nests. Studies have demonstrated that such exposures impair<\/a> the bees\u2019 foraging, navigational, and learning behaviors, as well as suppress immune response. Populations of the bumble bees have dropped by 76% as they have disappeared from much of their historic range in California and Mexico\u2019s Baja peninsula.<\/p>\n

Another denizen of California and the Baja is the California red-legged frog <\/strong>(population = unknown), the largest of the western U.S. frogs, although its numbers are also reduced across much of their former range; habitat loss and pesticide pollution are among the factors threatening their welfare. Atrazine is one of the pesticides that threatens these frogs<\/a>, who are especially vulnerable because their skins are permeable, so ingestion happens all over their bodies. The compound \u2014 which is also an endocrine disruptor \u2014 can alter neurotransmitters and stunt growth, cause deformities, and lead to abnormal sexual development,<\/a> including hermaphroditism. The red-legged frog is considered an indicator species, meaning that its well-being is a \u201ccanary in a coal mine\u201d barometer for the health of their ecosystem. As the report says,<\/a> \u201cWhen their home becomes unhealthy, so do they.\u201d<\/p>\n

The smallest North American fox, the San Joaquin kit fox <\/strong>(population = unknown), is considered an \u201cumbrella species,\u201d meaning that when it is protected, that protection extends to other creatures within its ecosystem. When populations declined 50 years ago because of residential and agricultural development, the fox was protected both by federal and California regulations. Since then, it has come under threat of dietary exposure to pesticides<\/a>, especially those used for mosquito control and rodenticides. Roughly 10% of kit fox deaths are from pesticide exposure. When the foxes consume rodents, rabbits, voles, snakes, birds, lizards, fish, insects, or carrion, they often ingest pesticides, as well. In California, for example, 70% of mammals and 68% of birds have been exposed to rodenticides. The report warns,<\/a> \u201cToo many bites of tainted insects, birds, and mammals, and the San Joaquin kit fox could be gone forever.\u201d<\/p>\n

The northern spotted owl <\/strong>(population = 4,400) is at similar dietary risk. The owl was frequently in the news over the past few decades because of both the devastating impacts on it from logging and its ultimate 1990 protection under the ESA. But the rise in use of rodenticides has become a significant threat<\/a>; the report notes that more than 70% of owls tested positive for rodenticides, to which they are exposed through poisoned prey. Rodenticide use has risen in recent years in part because of illegal marijuana cultivation in the owl\u2019s old-growth forest habitat. Once an owl is exposed, death may come quickly, or after weeks or months of internal bleeding caused by the anti-coagulant action of most rodenticides. When contaminated owls are predated on, the toxin moves into other nontarget animals, such as bobcats, mountain lions, and those San Joaquin kit foxes.<\/p>\n

For all the \u201cpest control\u201d activity in which bats indulge (consuming mosquitoes, crop pests, and insects that may carry diseases), as well as fertilization and seed broadcasting \u2014 humans are not doing right by these curious, nocturnal friends. The imperiled Indiana bat <\/strong>(population in 2017 = 560,000), along with another 14 or so bat species, is affected by white nose syndrome,<\/a> a fungal infection that spreads aggressively in bat colonies during their hibernation. (The disease has killed more than 6 million bats during the last 12 years.) On top of that, when an Indiana bat consumes thousands of insects in a given night, many of those will be harboring pesticide residues, which can accumulate in its tiny body and negatively impact neurological function and immunity \u2014 making the animal more susceptible to the \u201cwhite nose\u201d fungus.<\/p>\n

The pink mucket pearly mussel<\/strong> (population = 2,500\u2013100,000) is a riverine mussel that historically lived in at least two dozen rivers in the eastern U.S. Yet again, human activities in the forms of logging, mining, damming, and overharvesting (including for buttons!) noticeably diminished populations of these bivalves; they were protected, starting in 1976, under the ESA. Mussels are both an indicator species that can warn of changes in water quality, and siphon feeders that keep waters healthful by filtering out pollutants. Mussels need clean water in order for their complex reproductive cycle to produce viable offspring. Babies are extremely fragile, and vulnerable to pollution and pesticides, including atrazine,<\/a> carbaryl<\/a>, and diazinon<\/a>. Industrial, residential, and agricultural runoff are huge threats, in part because of the omnipresent glyphosate<\/a> (the active ingredient in Roundup, the most widely used pesticide, and 750 other common herbicides). Glyphosate kills baby mussels outright.<\/p>\n

The monarch butterfly<\/strong> (population = 80% reduced from 20 years ago) is among the most \u201cfamous\u201d of the harmed species, due to nonprofit and media coverage of its declining status; the monarch is currently being reviewed for listing under the ESA. These Olympian migrators travel hundreds or thousands of miles on their annual migrations to central Mexico and back; amazingly, it can take several generations to complete one migration. As the report notes,<\/a> \u201cThe fact that a monarch can find its way to the very home that sheltered its great-great-grandparent the winter before is one of the most astonishing feats of nature.\u201d These ephemeral creatures are by nature fragile; their vulnerability is exacerbated by the fact that they are utterly dependent on milkweed plants. It is their only food, and it is where they lay their eggs. Milkweed has been subject to the lethal impact of, again, Roundup. The hegemony of genetically engineered seeds and their paired glyphosate herbicides across the continent\u2019s farmlands has laid waste to milkweed. In response, monarch populations have plummeted.<\/p>\n

The \u201cstaff pick,\u201d the Hine\u2019s emerald dragonfly <\/strong>(population = unknown), is a green-gossamer-winged denizen of marshes and wetlands. Such habitat is particularly fragile because of its very nature as a natural filtering and recharge area. When pesticides and other pollution arrive via rainwater and runoff, they may end up being concentrated in the habitat \u2014 home to many insects and small aquatic organisms, including dragonflies. The odd lifecycle of this dragonfly \u2014 as long as four years as a nymph and a mere month or so as a flying adult \u2014 means it can be living in a fairly toxic environment for most of its life, should it survive its nymph phase.<\/p>\n

Those looking to help wildlife affected by the pesticide chemicals in our environment and materials stream can take several kinds of action. Certainly, they should not use pesticides in homes, yard, and gardens; there are less-toxic alternatives<\/a> available. Folks with green thumbs can add to biodiversity, and food and nesting resources, by planting native, pollinator- and bird-friendly plants<\/a> (e.g., milkweed, lupine, echinacea, lavender, asters, and others<\/a>). The public can advocate at local, state, and federal levels for stricter controls of pesticides, as well as a transition to organic agriculture<\/a> and land management<\/a>. More information and resources to support a nontoxic world for wildlife (and humans) can be found on the Beyond Pesticides website<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

All unattributed\u00a0positions and opinions in this piece are those of Beyond Pesticides.<\/em><\/p>\n

Sources: https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/cms\/assets\/uploads\/2019\/11\/ESC2019.pdf<\/a> and https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/campaigns\/annual-top-ten-report\/poisoned\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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