Catching a fish is an easy job; however determining its sex could cause a whirlwind of problems. Apparently the fish cannot even decide, male fish are stepping over to the glamorous side and becoming females! According to a US Geological Survey 1 in 5 fish have characteristics of both female and male especially in the Mississippi river, now that's fishy.
How is this happening? Is finally one species of male figuring out that the female life is the beautiful life? No, fish can’t possibly be that genius. Instead it’s all the soap, pharmaceutical waste, household products, estrogen and pesticides we rinse down our drain are making the fish go bonkers!
www.EnvironmentalHealthNews.org states even when we pop birth control pills we can be harming the minnows! The synthetic estrogen mixing with all of the sewage is causing feminization in males. Controlling our species is creating a whole other one, how ironic!
Back in 2002 Marsha Walton, writer for CNN, commented in her article ,“Frogs, fish and pharmaceuticals a troubling brew”, that, “Researchers are working on several fronts to determine how big the problem is and just what short- and long-term ecological effects there might be on wildlife.” That was a whopping seven years ago, and I bet this is the first time you are hearing of this issue. Unfortunately this fish frenzy never hooked onto a big story.
Shockingly its not only North America’s fish who are doubling up on the reproductive systems. The www.guardian.co.uk stated back in 2000 that France, Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, and Finland’s fish were also starting to experience this problem.
Bet you never even thought twice before rinsing soap or pesticides down the drain, or ordering your next box of birth control. Now the fish will definitely be doing a double take before singing “ we in luck here down in the muck, under the sea!”
Still don't have you convinced? Watch NBC’s documentary on the topic. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKhgg6TuFrc, its an informational yet alarming snippet on our mutated fish.
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