TWiEVO 34: You don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s PON

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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• Ancient lossesof paraoxonase I (Science)
• Big Yellow Taxi (YouTube)
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• Letters read on TWiEVO 34

Hey farmer farmer put away the chlor-pyri-fus I don’t care about spots on my apples Leave me the manatee and walruses

Nels - New dinosaur discovered in Utah Vincent -The Song of the Dodo by David Quammen

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