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Chemicals in water supplies produce feminizing effects, lower sperm quality.(Environmental Intelligence)
Adding to a growing body of research on the impacts of endocrine disrupting compounds in freshwater, two recent studies have confirmed previously suspected effects of estrogen-mimicking chemicals on humans and wildlife. One study, led by Karen Kidd of the Canadian Freshwater Institute, found that a synthetic estrogen used in contraceptives and hormone therapy pills can feminize male fish of several freshwater species. Kidd's team introduced ethynylestriadol (EE2) into a remote Ontario lake, maintaining a concentration (about 5 nanograms per liter) well within the range of EE2 concentrations observed in polluted surface waters. The synthetic hormones, which resist breakdown by…
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