Birth control is a popular way of contraception. It affects a woman’s body, but also affects local waterways and wildlife with leftover hormones. These leftover hormones are estrogen hormones and damage the way wildlife reproduce and how the ecosystem functions. How does the birth control pill affect wildlife and waterways? How does the effects of alpha-ethinylestradiol harmful to wildlife?
According to Wynne Parry from LiveScience, the main idea about this subject is “What the dilemma about is about birth control affecting waterways and wildlife?” “Alpha-ethinylestradiol (EE2) interacts with wildlife, in waterways, causes male animals to become “intersex” and produce eggs in the testes. Effectively removing EE2 from waterways can be very …show more content…
Davey states that “Leftover Birth Control Pills are Turning Fish US Fish Into Hermaphrodites: Problem Could Affect Human Health, Too. Fish are developing male and female characteristics along with sores, cancerous tumors and many other life threatening issues. The “intersex” qualities of fish are affecting reproductive systems, males growing immature eggs in the gonads, and females producing sperm in the ovaries. Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDC) are to blame because they are found in prescription drugs and in birth control. This author concludes that EDCs are causing “intersex” fish with reproductive problems and cancer. These symptoms could affect humans because humans also drink the water from streams with unhealthy fish and …show more content…
“The number one reason for congenital birth defects is from aneuploidy, to have an abnormal number of chromosomes. EE2 caused a 25-fold increase in aneuploid sperm from fish affected by extra estrogen hormones. Pharmaceuticals are not harmful to humans, but are harmful to fish and other wildlife. This author concludes that the fish in the experiment conducted were affected by EE2 and by abnormal chromosomes,” (Brown).
Results from the research conducted were three main ideas about birth control and waterways, they included: wastewater plants cannot remove EE2, study on fish, and dilemma how birth control affects waterways. These ideas are essentially the same because they all talk about how EE2 is harmful to wildlife in waterways. One article explains an experiment conducted on fish and how they react to EE2 and/if they reproduce. Since birth control had high estrogen levels, EE2 gets into water and wastewater plants cannot remove EE2 because of the
According to Wynne Parry from LiveScience, the main idea about this subject is “What the dilemma about is about birth control affecting waterways and wildlife?” “Alpha-ethinylestradiol (EE2) interacts with wildlife, in waterways, causes male animals to become “intersex” and produce eggs in the testes. Effectively removing EE2 from waterways can be very …show more content…
Davey states that “Leftover Birth Control Pills are Turning Fish US Fish Into Hermaphrodites: Problem Could Affect Human Health, Too. Fish are developing male and female characteristics along with sores, cancerous tumors and many other life threatening issues. The “intersex” qualities of fish are affecting reproductive systems, males growing immature eggs in the gonads, and females producing sperm in the ovaries. Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDC) are to blame because they are found in prescription drugs and in birth control. This author concludes that EDCs are causing “intersex” fish with reproductive problems and cancer. These symptoms could affect humans because humans also drink the water from streams with unhealthy fish and …show more content…
“The number one reason for congenital birth defects is from aneuploidy, to have an abnormal number of chromosomes. EE2 caused a 25-fold increase in aneuploid sperm from fish affected by extra estrogen hormones. Pharmaceuticals are not harmful to humans, but are harmful to fish and other wildlife. This author concludes that the fish in the experiment conducted were affected by EE2 and by abnormal chromosomes,” (Brown).
Results from the research conducted were three main ideas about birth control and waterways, they included: wastewater plants cannot remove EE2, study on fish, and dilemma how birth control affects waterways. These ideas are essentially the same because they all talk about how EE2 is harmful to wildlife in waterways. One article explains an experiment conducted on fish and how they react to EE2 and/if they reproduce. Since birth control had high estrogen levels, EE2 gets into water and wastewater plants cannot remove EE2 because of the