Intersex Fish and How We’re Causing It

Frogs are mutating!

You may have heard about fish and frogs in our waterways that are intersex. Intersex fish are not from some weird science fiction movie, they are the bizarre and scary mutations that scientists are finding right here in our Potomac River. The causes of these intersex fish are the contaminants and pollution running into the rivers from our lawns, farms, and even our household drains.

As residents of the DC metro area, we live in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. All of our rain water, storm drains and runoff flow out to local rivers like the Potomac and Anacostia and eventually out to the Chesapeake Bay. In the rivers and bay the pollutants have a devastating effect on the health of environment which is causing a near total collapse of blue crabs and wreaking havoc to the health of the ecosystem.

The alarm bells are ringing loudly, and the our river systems are in desperate shape.

On April 21, 2009, from 9 to 11 P.M. ET on PBS, a new program from FRONTLINE called Poisoned Waters, details the problems of the Chesapeake Bay.

So host a viewing party and tell your friends about the program.

It’s not just about male frogs with ovaries and female frogs with male genitalia, its about the health of the environment and ultimately our health.