FLORIDA FEEDLOT STUDY
January 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A study by the University of Florida has found that hormones leaking into streams from cattle feedlots are altering the sexual characteristics of wild fish, demasculinising the males and defeminising the females. The findings "clearly demonstrate" that effluent from feedlots is hormonally active, raising new fears over the safety of growth hormones in beef.
A study by the University of Florida has found that hormones leaking into streams from cattle feedlots are altering the sexual characteristics of wild fish, demasculinising the males and defeminising the females. The findings "clearly demonstrate" that effluent from feedlots is hormonally active, raising new fears over the safety of growth hormones in beef.
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