Minnesota’s Mutant Frogs

Living on Earth

Mutant frogs abound throughout the state of Minnesota. Steve Curwood speaks with Dr. Judy Helgin of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency about the distressing deformities first discovered last year, and the State’s new research plans to discover the causes.

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