Women Hormones in Water Changing Sex of Fish

Female hormones (oestrogens) found in birth controll pills has a percentage that is unused by the body and ends up in the sewage water.

In British rivers, oestrogenic chemicals from female hormones are changing the sex of fish and an increase in hermaphrodism (both sexes) in fish. Also, there is a chemical nonylphenol that has an oestrogenic effect of making male fish turn to females. This chemical has the same effect on humans, and in respect to this also there has been a fall in the sperm count in men, which is dropping by as much as 2% each year.

Watch out Boys!

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