Petra van Cronenburg<p>House <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/sparrows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sparrows</span></a>, once one of the most common <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/bird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bird</span></a> species, are becoming increasingly rare in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a>. Several studies have already shown a direct link between the decline in species and industrialised <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agriculture</span></a> ( <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/herbicides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>herbicides</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/insecticides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insecticides</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/glyphosat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>glyphosat</span></a>).<br>A new <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/study" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>study</span></a> shows chronic exposure to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/tebuconazole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tebuconazole</span></a>, a widely used <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/fungicide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fungicide</span></a> impairing offspring growth and survival in farmland birds</p><p>Study: <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0013935125005729?via%3Dihub" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencedirect.com/science/arti</span><span class="invisible">cle/abs/pii/S0013935125005729?via%3Dihub</span></a></p><p>via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.numerique.gouv.fr/@cnrs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>cnrs</span></a></span> ▶️ <a href="https://www.cnrs.fr/fr/presse/un-des-fongicides-les-plus-utilises-en-agriculture-nuit-la-reproduction-des-oiseaux" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnrs.fr/fr/presse/un-des-fongi</span><span class="invisible">cides-les-plus-utilises-en-agriculture-nuit-la-reproduction-des-oiseaux</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/decline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decline</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/biodiversityLoss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversityLoss</span></a></p>