More medicine and hormones in our tap water. New research by Dr Susan Jobling at Brunel University and the University of Exeter has shown how "female sex hormones (estrogens), and chemicals that mimic estrogens, are leading to ‘feminisation’ of male fish."
“We have been working intensively in this field for over ten years. The new research findings ... effects seen in wild fish and in humans are caused by similar combinations of chemicals. We have identified a new group of chemicals in our study on fish, but do not know where they are coming from.”
'Professor Charles Tyler of the University of Exeter said: ”Our research shows that a much wider range of chemicals than we previously thought is leading to hormone disruption in fish. This means that the pollutants causing these problems are likely to be coming from a wide variety of sources. Our findings also strengthen the argument for the cocktail of chemicals in our water leading to hormone disruption in fish, and contributing to the rise in male reproductive problems. There are likely to be many reasons behind the rise in male fertility problems in humans, but these findings could reveal one, previously unknown, factor.”'
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