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Gender-bending Fish Problem in Colorado Creek Mitigated by Treatment Plant Upgrade
June 21, 2010
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Male fish are taking longer to be "feminized" by chemical contaminants that act as hormone disrupters in Colorado's Boulder Creek following the upgrade of a wastewater treatment plant in Boulder in 2008, according to a new study led by the University of Colorado at Boulder.
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