(Beyond Pesticides, February 5, 2014) According to a new study published in Environmental Health Perspectives, chemical contaminants in waterways that mimic estrogen -endocrine disruptors- target ...

As well as damaging sexual development and fertility in fish, endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) also affect a gene responsible for the production of oestrogen in the brain – with the effects ...

(Beyond Pesticides, July 7, 2014) A study led by the U.S. Geological Service (USGS) finds intersex fish in three watersheds of Pennsylvania and shows strong connections between these occurrences and ...

When fish ingest microplastics, they often also ingest progesterone. This compound is subsequently released into the digestive tract through chemical reactions with the fish’s digestive fluids. That’s ...