amount of pesticides that could be found in at least 22 coral reef organisms, ranging from corals toueen cch to a mber of cor reef fies. whate discored was at out oall th sampleshat we clected, 68% of the samples that we collected were contaminated with imidacloprid. 53% of the samples we collected were contaminated with fipronil, which is another systemic pesticide. so the level of contamination on a coral reef, especially the second-largest barrier reef in the world, is pretty disturbing. >> if neonics harm animals, what about people? in human surrogates like rats and mice, neonics are linked to a wide range of disorders. and in human blood studies, they are linked tdna damage and cell mutations. federal agencies like the environmental protection agency are really supposed to be, um, managing these insecticides in a way that causes minimal harm to humans and other animals. >> starting in the 1990s, agency scientists were raising red flags about the mobility, the persistence, the toxicity of these neonic products, including the effects on pollinators and other wildlife. >> epa documents sho