Intersex fish found in Pennsylvania rivers spur search for chemicals

[jakeXT]

Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Protection has begun an extensive sampling of chemical contaminants in response to the discovery of intersex fish in three of the state's rivers, a department spokeswoman said.

Male fish carrying eggs were found in the Susquehanna, Delaware and Ohio river basins, a sign that the water may be tainted with chemicals, the U.S. Geological Survey found in research released Monday.

Amanda Witman, a DEP spokeswoman, said the agency is testing two tributaries of the Susquehanna River: Juniata River and Swatara Creek.

The USGS research said that two fish species, smallmouth bass and white sucker, were exhibiting intersex characteristics due to exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals — hormones and hormone-mimicking chemicals that caused the male fish to produce eggs.

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http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-intersex-fish-20140705-story.html

[In_The_Wind]

1. Oh, that's really great.

[grilled onions]

2. They Would Deny The Possibility

However if we were to say "Fish found appeared to be gay" they would get right out there,preach for a cause and try to "ungay" those bass and suckers! It would have been a perfect line if they were rainbow trout!
Sadly all the species including ours will suffer as long as we continue to have idiots with only money in their creepy little minds.

[LiberalEsto]

3. You don't suppose fracking mystery chemicals has anything to do with this?

Pumping undisclosed toxic substances into underground aquifers at high volume -- nah! Can't be it.