Since then the initiative has funded a range of projects that investigate the effects of common toxins such as mercury, ozone, diesel exhaust, and pesticides — as well as other environmental influences, like diet and stress — on disease. (discovermagazine.com)
Among the first and most striking victims were the golden toad of Monteverde, Costa Rica, and the Australian gastric - breeding frogs Rheobatrachus silus and R. vitellinus — living in protected areas far away from pollution and other environmental influences caused by humans. (newscientist.com)
However, these studies have been limited by varied dietary and genetic backgrounds, infection, and other environmental influences. (journals.lww.com)