Thursday, October 14, 2004

*Ø* Fish changing sex

This is a worldwide phenomenon that calls into question everything about Western lifestyles, and globalization, which is the engine by which corporations spread those lifestyles to parts of the world as yet undamaged. Here are just two of many articles on what's happening to our water:

UK: Pollution 'changes sex of fish'
"A third of male fish in British rivers are in the process of changing sex due to pollution in human sewage, research by the Environment Agency suggests ..."
Source: BBC News

USA: Mutant fish prompt concern
"When Colorado biologist John Woodling and a team of researchers pulled fish from the South Platte River and Boulder Creek two years ago, they found deformities they'd never seen before.

"Some had both male and female sex tissue ...
Source: Denver Post

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