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UserRemoved1 · 03-15-2007, 10:40 AM

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This is really started to become an issue in the last 10 years...something alot of people don't think about...Estrogen, synthetic hormones etc that people take, go pee and end up in the ocean...this stuff doesnt break down.

I read somewhere a while ago that the level of human hormones has increased 1.6% I think in the ocean over time...this leads to deformations in fish too...wonder if this could be affecting reproductions or desire to spawn of bait fish like herring etc too?

Curious how many people have ever caught a deformed fish, whether striper, flounder, blackfish etc? How long ago was it?

03-15-2007, 10:40 AM	#1
UserRemoved1 Permanently Disconnected iTrader: (-9) Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 12,647	Extra Drumsticks http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070315/...e_uk_chicken_1 This is really started to become an issue in the last 10 years...something alot of people don't think about...Estrogen, synthetic hormones etc that people take, go pee and end up in the ocean...this stuff doesnt break down. I read somewhere a while ago that the level of human hormones has increased 1.6% I think in the ocean over time...this leads to deformations in fish too...wonder if this could be affecting reproductions or desire to spawn of bait fish like herring etc too? Curious how many people have ever caught a deformed fish, whether striper, flounder, blackfish etc? How long ago was it?