fertility

For fourth year in a row, this March have begun the births in the Program of Ex--situ Conservation (PCE) of this Iberian feline, which is believed to remain less than than 200 specimens in the planet. Today, without counting the new births of the year yet, 37 lynxes (16 males and 21 females) integrate this particular community, that is wanted to guarantee the genetic survival of the species. (in Spanish)

Illegal pesticide use of chlordecone, banned in 1993, is being blamed for the increase of prostate cancer in men in Guadeloupe and Martinique in the Carribean. It is being reported that 1 in 2 men will develop prostate cancer and have probably accounted for the high accounts of genital malformation and fertility rates. Chlordecone stays in the soil for up to a century, contaminating the food chain and water supply. This area is the worlds eighth largest banana exporter.