BASS "intersex fish", any thought's/Idea's...

[river-rat4]

Saw this and thought it was interesting, even though it is not local....YET!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14689392/?GT1=8506

Biologist here have any opinions?

[Maashkinoozhe]

Actually, it already has been local since 2002 or so. They've found vitellogenin(female egg protein) in walleyes that hang around the St. Paul waste water treatment plant on the Mississippi. They believe endocrine-disrupting compounds(EDCs) are to blame, but it's hard to pin point as the ol' Miss right outside of the plant can have lots of trace amounts of chemicals:

http://citypages.com/databank/23/1101/article10062.asp

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=11443371&dopt=Abstract

It's been a sobering education learning about all the "fun" stuff you can find in our waterways.

Dave D.