by APFLI | Jun 17, 2015 | Global Environmental Influences
Fish struggle to fertilize eggs three generations after exposure to contraceptive hormone, raising questions about the effects on humans. A recent report from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) found that birth-control hormones excreted by women, flushed into waterways...
by APFLI | May 6, 2015 | Global Environmental Influences
Your birth control pill is affecting more than just your body. Flushed down toilets, poured down sinks and excreted in urine, a chemical component in the pill wafts into sewage systems and ends up in various waterways where it collects in fairly heavy doses....
by APFLI | Apr 19, 2007 | Contraception - Adverse Effects: Cancer / Stroke / Abortion
Contracepting the Environment: Environmentalists Mum on Poisoned Streams When EPA-funded scientists at the University of Colorado studied fish in a pristine mountain stream known as Boulder Creek two years ago, they were shocked. Randomly netting 123 trout and other...
