Comments on: Soap in Lakes and Rivers Changes the Sex of Fish!

By: Joey Logano

Joey Logano — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:20:38 +0000

Well I suppose bad things would happen to humans too if soap was in their drinking water. lol

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Sunday Search of the Week 6-22-2008 | Healthy Living — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 18:56:32 +0000

[...] The answer is sort of a yes as discussed in this post. [...]

By: Antibacterial Soap Danger Still a Hot Topic | Healthy Living

Antibacterial Soap Danger Still a Hot Topic | Healthy Living — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 03:24:21 +0000

[...] plants, triclosan is not removed. It is highly toxic to algae and is thought to have detrimental endocrine effects on fish [...]

By: Will

Will — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:06:38 +0000

It is certain chemicals in soap, shampoo, and other personal hygiene products that cause the sex changes. Among other effects, these chemicals mimic hormones like estrogen. The fish are exposed to the chemicals that end up in rivers and lakes and all sorts of weird things happen to them.

The algae blooms are caused by a few different things, including the excess of chemicals you point out. As you point out, The end result is bad regardless of the initial cause… depletion of the oxygen in the water and smothering of aquatic life.

By: pelf

pelf — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 15:39:45 +0000

Eutrophication causes algae blooms which in turn smother and kill corals. That I know.

But excessive nutrients changes the sex of fish? Are those fish hermaphrodite in the first place?

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Tue, 04 Sep 2007 22:20:58 +0000

[...] recently received more study and publicity. I wrote a while ago on environmental problems caused by soap in lakes, rivers and streams. The addition of the chemical antibiotic Triclosan to so many consumer products is just compounding [...]

By: Study Says Plastic May Endanger Our Health After All | Will Taft . com

Study Says Plastic May Endanger Our Health After All | Will Taft . com — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 23:16:29 +0000

[...] are misguided concerns. But like the claim that chemicals in soap that cause sex changes / problems in fish don’t affect humans, this Pollyannaish view that we have nothing to fear from plastics has [...]