Maybe now they'll care about the environment?

[Tiger]

news.ufl.edu/2010/11/30/mercury-birds/

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — When University of Florida researchers began studying the effects of mercury consumption on white ibises, they had a hunch the contaminant might affect the birds’ ability to produce chicks.

And while their suspicions of poor breeding were confirmed, they didn’t expect this: altered courtship behavior in males and high percentages of male birds mating with other males.

“We knew that mercury can disrupt hormones – what is most disturbing about this study is the low levels of mercury at which we saw effects on hormones and mating behavior,” said Peter Frederick, a UF wildlife ecology and conservation professor who led the five-year study. “This suggests that wildlife may be commonly affected.”

The study marks the first time that mercury’s effects on birds’ sexual preference and courtship behavior have been documented, and provides a critical link between low levels of mercury contamination and impaired reproduction. The results suggest that even low levels of mercury – which is widespread in the U.S. and global environment — can result in major impairment for wild bird populations.

The study will be published online Dec. 1 in Proceedings of the Royal Society B.

Stop pollution, stop homosexuality. Of course, this is obviously just more propaganda by the gay agenda and the liberal media.

[dasfuchs]

lol, pollution fail for the win

'course I always suspected Capt. Planet was gay

[Oriet]

I don't think it'll get them to care about the environment at all. Instead, the only reaction I predict they'll have is claiming mercury causes homosexuality, of course completely ignoring that the sexuality (or rather factors/causes) of birds and humans is incredibly different.

[matante]

In their mind, that'll confirm that homosexuality is a disease and that it should not be considered normal.

[Old Viking]

I once wrote of a paint factory worker who accidentally dropped half of his tuna fish sandwich into a vat of mercury and contaminated the entire batch.

[The_L]

I honestly think that nothing will convince the die-hard anti-environmentalists. Nothing. Even if their own homes are suddenly part of a barren wasteland due to global warming, they'll still insist that everything is hunky-dory.

[booley]

Dec 2, 2010 21:15:05 GMT -5 Tiger said:

news.ufl.edu/2010/11/30/mercury-birds/

Stop pollution, stop homosexuality. Of course, this is obviously just more propaganda by the gay agenda and the liberal media.

There's been evidence that pollution messes up sex organs for decades now.

A lot of fertilizers and common plastics screw up with hormones and males are particualrily vulnerable.

But if cancer of the testicles and infertility won't sway them, I doubt even "the ghey!" will.