Missing “Manly” Fish and Population Control
by Tony Perkins
September 16, 2009
A report from the U.S. Geological Survey is giving birth to concerns about the decline in the fish population because of the feminizing of fish. No, I am not talking about cross-dressing fish, but referencing what experts say is a widespread problem in which certain species of male fish are growing egg cells.
What’s behind this feminization of male fish? Birth control pills. Women’s birth control pills and other hormone treatments have made their way into the nation’s rivers through the sewer systems. Birth control pills are not only the leading form of pregnancy prevention here in the U.S., but are often the tool of choice for the population control forces in third world countries.
The tragedy is that the population control message is most often promoted by the global warming crowd and others who view people as negatively impacting the environment and consuming limited resources. In reality, it’s their efforts to reduce the population (people) that are actually destroying the environment (fish).
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Comments
It may be true that birth control pills are part of the problem of the feminization of male fish, and that they are used for population control, but are you suggesting people shouldn’t take these pills, or that expired pills should be discarded of in ways other than flushing them or dumping them down the drain? The latter solution seems like the right one. Some people take these pills for medical conditions such as hormone imbalances and not for birth control. Sure, the main reason is for birth control, but we can’t disregard other medical uses for synthetic hormones.
I wonder who disposes of more Pills and other hormonal birth control. Is it the average woman consumer who takes the pills for legitimate reasons, or is it pharmacies and pharmaceutical companies who are disposing of unused pills and devices which have expired?
By: Nathan | September 16, 2009 at 9:31 pm
I think you make a good point that the birth control pills can be hurting the environment (as you point out, fish). However, you seem to conclude that since it is the birth control pills in this singular situation, that people are not hurting the environment as well, and that is clearly false, as thousands of studies have demonstrated.
You really only make the case that different methods of birth control and population control should be considered, not that population control itself is a problem.