Tap water contaminant ‘castrates’ frogs
Thursday, March 4th, 2010An herbicide that contaminates the tap water consumed by millions of Americans is no surprise, but it has been found to produce gender-altering effects in male frogs. It has been found that it is “chemically castrating” some and turning others into females. Frogs in the experiment were exposed to amounts of the weedkiller atrazine that [...]
