tis is so interesting! [READ BELOW]

there was a time i was so crazy abt frogs...sec 2-3 i guess. LOL.
mr froggy prince was so cute in my eyes
i wld steal peeks of him whenever i culd
i was so hapi den
the innocence tat was in me...
my perfect image of LOVE.


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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.


"Pesticides and other industrial chemicals have the ability to act like estrogen in the body," Berg said. "That is what inspired us to do the experiment," she said referring to her collaborator and lead author of the article, Iri

Obviously if all the frogs become female it could have a detrimental effect on the populationna Pettersson, also a researcher at Uppsala

The only immediate remedy, she continued, would be to improve sewage treatment in areas where frogs and other amphibians might be affected to filter out estrogen concentrations coming from contraceptive pills and from industrial pollutants.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070227/sc_afp/scienceenvironmentanimalssexfrogs

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