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Study: pollutants make male frogs female
Xinhuanet.com ^ | 3-1-07 | Gareth Dodd (ed.)

Posted on 03/01/2007 2:08:36 PM PST by dynachrome

One reason up to a third of the world's frog species are in danger of extinction may be estrogen-like pollutants in the environment that turn male tadpoles into females, according to a new study.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.xinhuanet.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Unclassified
KEYWORDS: environment; frogs; genderbending; pollution
Must be what happened to the French. (and a lot of Congress)
1 posted on 03/01/2007 2:08:38 PM PST by dynachrome
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To: dynachrome

N.O.W. just became pro-pollution.


2 posted on 03/01/2007 2:09:32 PM PST by atomicpossum (Replies must follow approved guidelines or you will be kill-filed without appeal.)
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To: atomicpossum

Or we could just send them to public schools.


3 posted on 03/01/2007 2:10:32 PM PST by D.P.Roberts (Just a humble handbasket salesman- what size would you like, sir?)
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To: dynachrome
Boy, New York must have had a real pollution problem in the 1990's!


4 posted on 03/01/2007 2:10:50 PM PST by flashbunny (<--- CLICK HERE IF YOU HATE RINOS! Free Anti RINO graphics!)
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To: dynachrome

The Fab Five were unavailable for comment...

5 posted on 03/01/2007 2:12:21 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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To: dynachrome

We know know what happened to Jean Francoise Kerry.Amphibsexual.


6 posted on 03/01/2007 2:13:13 PM PST by ElevenB
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To: dynachrome

Explains the rise of the Metrosexual....


7 posted on 03/01/2007 2:15:55 PM PST by PigRigger (Donate to http://www.AdoptAPlatoon.org - The Troops have our front covered, let's guard their backs!)
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To: dynachrome

This may explain metrosexuals.


8 posted on 03/01/2007 2:16:04 PM PST by saganite
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To: PigRigger

Good grief! Beat me by 9 seconds. I would have beaten you if the cat wasn't helping me type.


9 posted on 03/01/2007 2:17:37 PM PST by saganite
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To: saganite

Finally won one for a change....


10 posted on 03/01/2007 2:20:51 PM PST by PigRigger (Donate to http://www.AdoptAPlatoon.org - The Troops have our front covered, let's guard their backs!)
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To: saganite

Your cat is broken. It needs to be fixed.


11 posted on 03/01/2007 2:20:57 PM PST by null and void (Let's play 6° of global warming...)
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To: dynachrome

" may be estrogen-like pollutants in the environment that turn male tadpoles into females"


This little tidbit reveals a TON of info about street life in West Hollywood......


12 posted on 03/01/2007 3:37:54 PM PST by JB in Whitefish
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To: dynachrome

True. It would explain LA, New York and much of the east coast ....


13 posted on 03/01/2007 3:41:05 PM PST by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but Hillary's ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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pollutants make male frogs female

Soon to be bottled and sold on shelves of all "Bed, Bath, and Beyond" stores.

14 posted on 03/01/2007 4:55:08 PM PST by lowbridge ("Of course Americans should vote Democrat" -Jihad Jaara, senior member, Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade)
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