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Topic started on 28-2-2007 @ 05:06 AM by searching_for_truth
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Pollutants change 'he' frogs into 'she' frogs
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PARIS (AFP) - Frogs that started life as male tadpoles were changed in an experiment into females by estrogen-like pollutants similar to those found in the environment, according to a new study.(visit the link for the full news article)
The results may shed light on at least one reason that up to a third of frog species around the world are threatened with extinction, suggests the study, set to appear in the journal Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry in May.
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