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Title: County pressures Virginia regarding pollutants tied to transgender fish
Post by: katia on December 07, 2007, 11:30:58 PM
County pressures Virginia regarding pollutants tied to transgender fish

http://www.examiner.com/a-1089117~County_pressures_Virginia_regarding_pollutants_tied_to_transgender_fish.html
by William C. Flook
12/6/2007

"WASHINGTON (Map, News) - Fairfax County will push Virginia legislators to explore ways to cut pollutants linked to androgynous or "intersex" fish found in the Potomac River, supervisors decided this week.

The intersex phenomenon, in which male bass are found with eggs in their testes, raised enough red flags to prompt a congressional hearing in October 2006."

Title: Re: County pressures Virginia regarding pollutants tied to transgender fish
Post by: Kate Thomas on December 08, 2007, 03:21:15 AM
Ok These fish storys have gone too far.   

They are now "transgendered fish"

makes you wish for the good old days when fish only changed sex

Title: Re: County pressures Virginia regarding pollutants tied to transgender fish
Post by: tekla on December 08, 2007, 05:26:55 AM
But you must admit that the bass in that prom dress looked AbFab.
Title: Re: County pressures Virginia regarding pollutants tied to transgender fish
Post by: barbie on December 08, 2007, 09:23:19 AM
So, the recent boom of human ->-bleeped-<- around the world is related with increasing levels of environmental pollutants?

By the way, about 45 years ago, my mom lived in a pristine village where virtually no pollutant existed and I was born. But, who knows? Various medicines were already availabel at that time.

Barbie~~
Title: Re: County pressures Virginia regarding pollutants tied to transgender fish
Post by: Kate Thomas on December 08, 2007, 01:18:26 PM
Quote from: barbie on December 08, 2007, 09:23:19 AM
So, the recent boom of human ->-bleeped-<- around the world is related with increasing levels of environmental pollutants?

In a word. Yes. there is a long history of these many "fish stories"  linked to endocrine disrupters   (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/agents/endocrine/)

Do fish really need an umbrella?