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.

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