Californians for Alternatives to Toxics


Dec 2002: CATs Sues State for Registration of Pesticides in Frog Habitat


Photo of Red-legged Frog
Photo courtesy of Marlon Gil

Press Release
Petition filed by CATs in Sacramento Superior Court 12/4/02 (html version)
PDF Version (189 k)
In the News: Associated Press/Sacramento Bee, San Franciso Chronicle
KPFA (www.kpfa.org) Radio Broadcast (4 MB Mp3)



General Info on the CA Red-legged Frog
US Fish and Wildlife Service - Amphibian Declines and Deformities
US Fish and Wildlife Service - Homeowner's Guide to Protecting Frogs: Lawn and Garden Care (pdf file)
"Biologist hopes to save celebrated frog" (written in 1993)
USGS Report on "Effects of Agricultural Pesticides on Translocated Tadpoles
of the Pacific Treefrog in Lassen, Yosemite, and Sequoia National Parks"
USGS Report on "The Role of Pesticides in Declining
Amphibian Populations in the Sierra Nevadas"
CA Dept of Pesticide Regulation response to CATs' request to reevaluate
pesticide registrations regarding impacts to Sierran amphibians


Californians for Alternatives to Toxics
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http://www.alternatives2toxics.org
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