How Flushing the Toilet Can Cause Genetic Defects in Wildlife
Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 21:44
in Biology & Nature
Scientists at the University of Idaho recently discovered that 17α-ethynylestradiol - an active chemical in birth control pills commonly released into the environment through human urine - causes cells in rainbow trout to have an abnormal number of chromosomes. This condition may be why many embryos fathered by exposed specimens die within three weeks.