Gender-Bending Pollution Changes Fish Sex.

By Alex in Animals & Pets on Aug 5, 2006 at 1:04 am

Something’s weird going on in England:

A third of male fish in English rivers are changing sex due to ‘gender-bending’ pollution, alarming research shows.

Experts say female hormones from the contraceptive pill and HRT are being washed into our rivers and causing male fish to produce eggs.

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