Contraceptive pill ‘alters fish genes’

2016-03-10T11:49:00

New research finds that the hormone ethinyl-estradiol, an active substance in many types of contraceptive pill, affects both fish behaviour and their genes. Photo: B. Olsen

Fish behaviour can change and their genes are altered because of hormones in the contraceptive pill, according to a new doctoral thesis from Lund University in Sweden.

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