TWiEVO 34: You don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s PON
Aug 16, 2018•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 34
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Episode description
Nels and Vincent discuss how the loss of an enzyme in marine mammals millions of years ago now makes them at risk for neurotoxicity caused by human-made organophosphorous pesticides.
Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello
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Hey farmer farmer put away the chlor-pyri-fus
I don’t care about spots on my apples
Leave me the manatee and walruses
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