From Africa to the Americas, frogs and other amphibians are vanishing from the planet at an alarming rate. In the past few decades, as many as 130 species of frogs and other amphibians may have been wiped out. Right now, one-third to one-half of the world's amphibian species are threatened. Climate change, pollution and a silent killer — chytrid fungus — are the main suspects in the mass disappearance. Chytrid fungus is currently unstoppable and untreatable in the wild. The World Conservation Union calls it the worst infectious disease ever recorded among vertebrates.

The Clorox Company is proud to be the first official corporate sponsor of The Year of the Frog program. Clorox is donating funds and bleach, which is effective in killing the chytrid fungus, to support the work of protecting the planet's amphibians. Clorox® Regular Bleach, an EPA-registered fungicide, is one of the most important tools in Amphibian Ark's fight to save the frogs.

To read more about what Clorox is doing go to their press release [1]