You want hermaphroditism with that?
Frog populations have been in decline for years. A new study suggests why.
According to the study, the chemical [atrazine, the most commonly used herbicide in the U.S.] can turn male tadpoles into hermaphrodites - frogs with both male and female sexual characteristics.
In adult males, the herbicide lowers levels of the sex hormone testosterone to below that of female frogs.
[...]"Atrazine is just one of a long list of pesticides thought to have hormone disrupting effects and many of these turn up in our food as residues," pesticides campaigner Sandra Bell told BBC News Online. "
I already avoid tap water and eat a lot of organic food. Going absolute on those keeps sounding better and better.
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