pollution and fish

[dsmith]

I was watching the national news the other day and they did a report about many of the lakes and rivers mainly in the north and north east. They said a lot of the bass they have studied are showing female signs. Said some of the males actually have eggs. They are worried about repopulations if spawn gets all mixed up. There was one lake in North Carolina that all the males tested were changing. They said it is do to pollution. All the pills and such being in the waste water. One guy said if it is effecting the fish, humans might be next. That is really weird and scary. Has anybody else heard about this. The lake we fish usually gets the waste water from the area. I hope our fish aren't effected too.

[mastercatter]

The papers here has reported much the same....Several tested water supplies has tested for different drugs in the drinking water.. Stated that it is from people flushing old medications and the treatment plants releasing treated water into the streams....