Chemicals in the water are changing the gender of amphibians.

New scientific findings prove that endocrine disruptors can influence sexual behaviours in male frogs. After being in a laboratory environment exposed to atrazine (the second most commonly used herbicide in the U.S) these male frogs underwent a significant change in behaviour. The frogs started exhibiting distinct homosexual behaviour. Not only did they engage in homosexual activities with one another, they became "feminized."

Endocrine disrupting chemicals, like atrazine, show up in almost 100 percent of the population, and many of these chemicals are known to disrupt normal reproductive system development in animals. About 1 in 125 newborn males has abnormality in their genitalia that could be described as hypospadias. This means that the future of these creatures is at risk due to their lowering levels of reproduction.

We must act now and stop the use of endocrine chemicals that alter normal animal behaviour such as atrazine in order to help save the future of our slippery friends and potentially many others.