Fish Get Our Birth Control Drugs; Intersex Fish off Coast of France

(Before It's News)

Fish don’t want birth control, but scientists say they get it from your pill. A chemical component in the pill wafts into sewage systems and ends up in various waterways where it collects in fairly heavy doses, where fish soak it up.

OSU researcher makes alarming ‘intersex’ fish discovery. An alarming discovery off the coast of France a mile below the ocean surface: Fish with both male and female organs. It’s the result, researchers say, of man-made pollution.

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