Do the rats get feisty in the heat?
Do we? Now if MIT could just visualise the number of rats complaining about humans, we'd be getting somewhere really interesting.
Atrazine can cause kidney damage at high levels; acute exposure to 2.4-D can cause chronic kidney damage; pendimethalin, says Watterson, is "harmful through skin contact and inhalation"; in lab tests, long-term feeding of terbutryn to rats caused kidney damage.
A few studies led by an Italian scientist Gilles-Eric Séralini have reported health risks from GM food and animal feed, notably one in 2012 linking a herbicide-tolerant maize to tumours and early death in rats.
Incidentally, Next City reports that Manila is putting a bounty on rats.
In the US, the two parties fight like rats in a sack over pretty much everything they think may help their candidates.
Then he tells me about seeing a letting agent in Edmonton who offered a mate a flat to rent, "provided you don't mind rats".
More worryingly, scientists at the University of California have discovered a method of using light to form, erase and then restore memories in rats.
I remember how great was the scoffing in the early 1970s when John first described 'place cells' … 'Bound to be an artifact', 'He clearly underestimates rats' sense of smell', were typical reactions.
She described how the place was infested with rats and cockroaches, inmates were piled on top of one another, suicidal prisoners were left in chains (drinking disinfectant was one of the most common ways to try to kill yourself).
After asking university friends about their housing through Facebook, I was flooded with reports of horror stories: gaping holes in bedrooms that let cold air in, slugs, rats, poor insulation, damp and mould.
