Effects of the Pill on Marine Life
I first read an article about this in a newspaper in the late 00's. But Jack at Sigma Frame has a series on the detrimental effects of the birth control pill on humans. So I decided to do some more research on the detrimental effects of the pill on marine life.
It turns out that estrogen, and many other hormones, is filtered from the bloodstream and peed away. It enters the sewer system, and then the sewage treatment plant. Does the sewage treatment plant treat the hormones? Here in the USA the EPA does not require that to happen. So the estrogen, both natural and synthetic, is discharged downstream by the sewage system. So now anything that lives in or drinks from that body of water receives elevated estrogen levels.
A number of studies have been done to look at the effects of this estrogen on marine life. They have observed feminizing effects on a number of male organisms. One of the most interesting studies was the first one to compare the genetic sex of frogs which had been exposed to synthetic estrogen to the sexual organs on those frogs. Previous studies had just watched frogs develop after they had hatched. But this one found the genetic sex of the tadpoles first and then watched them develop. For one of the species of frog they studied, 100% of the genetic males developed as females.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160404090836.htm
Then there was this study in Canada. The researchers helpfully put up all their findings on a Google Site.
https://sites.google.com/site/experimentallakearea/4/collapse-of-a-fish-population-after-exposure-to-a-synthetic-estrogen
They ran an experiment where they pumped synthetic estrogen into a lake at levels similar to that discharged by sewage systems. After several years, the fathead minnow population had almost disappeared because they were not able to reproduce. This then reduced the population of the lake trout that eats them. They call it “estrogen pollution” and they have some thoughts on the developing world, where fish are an important source of protein.
I drink fresh water from my own well, as Solomon recommends. So I can’t blame my lack of gainz on this particular source of estrogen. But it proves that the pill has even more detrimental effects on us and God’s other creatures.
It turns out that estrogen, and many other hormones, is filtered from the bloodstream and peed away. It enters the sewer system, and then the sewage treatment plant. Does the sewage treatment plant treat the hormones? Here in the USA the EPA does not require that to happen. So the estrogen, both natural and synthetic, is discharged downstream by the sewage system. So now anything that lives in or drinks from that body of water receives elevated estrogen levels.
A number of studies have been done to look at the effects of this estrogen on marine life. They have observed feminizing effects on a number of male organisms. One of the most interesting studies was the first one to compare the genetic sex of frogs which had been exposed to synthetic estrogen to the sexual organs on those frogs. Previous studies had just watched frogs develop after they had hatched. But this one found the genetic sex of the tadpoles first and then watched them develop. For one of the species of frog they studied, 100% of the genetic males developed as females.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160404090836.htm
Then there was this study in Canada. The researchers helpfully put up all their findings on a Google Site.
https://sites.google.com/site/experimentallakearea/4/collapse-of-a-fish-population-after-exposure-to-a-synthetic-estrogen
They ran an experiment where they pumped synthetic estrogen into a lake at levels similar to that discharged by sewage systems. After several years, the fathead minnow population had almost disappeared because they were not able to reproduce. This then reduced the population of the lake trout that eats them. They call it “estrogen pollution” and they have some thoughts on the developing world, where fish are an important source of protein.
I drink fresh water from my own well, as Solomon recommends. So I can’t blame my lack of gainz on this particular source of estrogen. But it proves that the pill has even more detrimental effects on us and God’s other creatures.
posted by Jeremy VanGelder @ 10:02 PM
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