Sex hormone pollution study points to contraceptives, detergents

Fish are being affected by sex hormones and similar compounds discharged in sewage effluent, a study funded by the Department of the Environment (DoE) has found.1 The chemicals, which trigger biochemical changes in the fish, include synthetic oestrogens excreted by women taking the contraceptive pill, as well as detergent breakdown products.

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