2.19.2008

Fish devastated by sex-changing chemicals in municipal wastewater

While most people understand the dangers of flushing toxic chemicals into the ecosystem through municipal sewer systems, one potentially devastating threat to wild fish populations comes from an unlikely source: estrogen.

After an exhaustive seven-year research effort, Canadian biologists found that miniscule amounts of estrogen present in municipal wastewater discharges can decimate wild fish populations living downstream. Read more..
http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/fish-devastated-sex-changing-chemicals-municipal-wastewater-15488.html

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