A fifth of male fish are now transgender because of chemicals from the contraceptive pill being flushed down household drains, a study by has suggested.
Male river fish are displaying feminised traits and even producing eggs, the study found. Some have reduced sperm quality and display less aggressive and competitive behaviour, which makes them less likely to breed successfully.
The chemicals causing these effects include ingredients in the contraceptive pill, by-products of cleaning agents, plastics and cosmetics, according to the findings.
So fish are turing gay big deal right?
Well, It kind of is and this story failed to mention, probably on purpose, but what happens when people drink the water. Do people turn gay? Clearly the people are eating the pharmaceutical pills, using the cleaning agents, wearing the cosmetics and drinking out of the plastics.
Oh ya and it's not just people flushing pills down the toilet like the title says it's more than that when you start reading the article they say all this other crap is polluting too. Doesn't matter what pharmaceutical pill you're eating some of it does not get absorbed by the body and you piss those chemicals down the toilet. That's the real reason fish are turning gay is that everyone on these "medicines" is polluting the water with synthetic hormones, blood thinners, you name it that drug is going down the sewer.
More than 200 chemicals from sewage plants have been identified with oestrogen-like effects and drugs such as antidepressants are also altering fish's natural behaviour, his study found.
These companies are getting away with murder as far as I'm on concerned. You start feeding these hidden chemicals to pregnant women and babies who knows what kind of effect that has on them. I do know cancer, autism and dozens of other diseases are off the chart, probably because we're drinking water filled with pharmaceuticals.