Fish that are both Male and Female - February 20, 2007
Dr Bob the Health Builder
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Fish
that are both Male and Female
Found
in our nations Capital
Most of
you will remember that last summer (2006); I reported that
illegitimate teenage pregnancy was down by 25 %. Liberals and
Conservatives were delighted because they wanted us to believe
condoms and abstinence is working, WRONG!
The rate is down because 25 % of
our teenagers are sterile or infertile do to various problems. The
two main problems are water and food.
The EPA states there are 500
toxic chemicals in the average water supply on any given day. There
are other knowledgeable people reporting the number is over 1000
toxic chemicals. One of the most common pollutants in all city water
is hormones and antibiotics. The government does not want us aware of
this because they have no way to remove these toxins from the water.
The second problem is from grain
and produce which are grown with pesticides (pesticides are estrogen
imitating) which are similar to hormones.
There is a third source of
hormones- from the meat you eat. Beef from feed lots contains five
(5) hormones fed to the animals which cause them to gain weight.
Chickens and pigs also have hormones fed to them.
I am writing this today to
confirm what I told you before – our children are sick and they
are getting worse every day.
The
following article appeared in the media this past Wednesday. It
confirms many of the things that are in our water supply all over the
United States.
This is
the bad news, but there is a positive note and it will be at the end
of my E-Zine
Sex-changing
chemicals found in Potomac River
Wed
Jan 17, 2007 11:25pm ET
WASHINGTON
(Reuters) - Chemicals known to change the sexual characteristics of
fish and other animals have been found in West Virginia tributaries
of the Potomac River, which runs through Washington, D.C. and
surrounding areas, the U.S. Geological Survey said on Wednesday.
An investigation into fish that
had both male and female characteristics turned up a range of
chemicals including pesticides, flame retardants, and personal-care
products, the USGS said.
The Potomac is fed by rivers and
streams in Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia.
"We analyzed samples of 30
small mouth bass from six sites, including male and female fish
without intersex and male fish with intersex," said Douglas
Chambers, a USGS scientist who led the study.
"All samples contained
detectable levels of at least one known endocrine-disrupting
compound, including samples from fish without intersex."
Endocrine disrupters affect the
animals' hormone systems. They can cause birth defects and sexual
abnormalities called intersex in species ranging from frogs to
alligators and perhaps humans as well.
"Antibiotics were detected
in municipal wastewater, aquaculture, and poultry-processing
effluent, with the highest number of antibiotics and the greatest
concentrations found in municipal effluent," the USGS wrote in
the report, published at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1393/.
The USGS said the sexual changes
in the fish were discovered by accident in 2003, when scientists were
investigating massive fish kills.
"Many potential sources of
contaminants discharge to the South Branch of the Potomac and Cacapon
Rivers. Chief among these are runoff from agricultural activities,
municipal and domestic wastewater effluent (both treated and
untreated), industrial wastewater, and gypsy moth control programs
using dimilin (diflubenzuron)," the report reads.
©
Reuters 2007. All Rights Reserved.
The
good news is that there is a filtration system available that will
remove heavy metals like lead, but will also remove hormones and
antibiotics. Go to www.hightechhealth.com
Dr
Bob the Health Builder
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new podcast www.drbobthehealthbuilder.podomatic.com