Early in 1997 the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency requested the assistance of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, and the National Toxicology Program with their investigation into the cause of the frog malformations occurring across Minnesota. A research plan has been implemented to determine whether there is a site-specific correlation between the malformations and contaminants determined by chemical analysis of water and sediment, laboratory bioassays, and field monitoring of frog populations. The causal factors have not yet been determined. However, evidence to date indicates that pond water and groundwater from affected sites are capable of producing frog embryo deformities in the laboratory. These findings have been the subject of numerous news reports.
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Complimentary shuttles are available to and from Raleigh-Durham International Airport. There are a number of other major hotels in the Research Triangle Park area.