Posted on 12/01/2010 7:10:54 AM PST by decimon
Mercury affects the behaviour of white ibises by "turning them homosexual", with higher doses resulting in males being more likely to pair with males.
Scientists in Florida and Sri Lanka studied the effect of mercury in the birds' diet. Their aim was to find out why it reduced the ibises' breeding.
Mercury pollution can come from burning coal and waste, and run-off from mines.
The report, in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, shows that wetland birds are particularly badly affected by it.
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When a wetland is warm all year round, like the Everglades, it is an ideal environment for this methylation process.
Scientists refer to these conditions as a "Goldilocks mixture".
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(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
So this is why they want to ban incandescent lights in favor of mercury-bearing CFLs. It's a recruitment plan.
Just keep in mind the ultimate goal of the progressives now ruling the world is to reduce the total of human population to around 500,000,000 ... for ‘green sustainability’ don’tchaknow!
and i thought astrology was bogus. now the planets turn people gay.
But homosexuality is genetic, not environmental.
And it’s a blessing, not a curse, and those environmentalists who want to end mercury poisoning are just evil homophobes!!!!
I’m not buying this. The moon or Venus having such an impact, maybe, but not Mercury.
HA!!! I knew something was up with those screw shaped light bulbs!
Look for a new book title hitting the shelves this spring:
“Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus, and Homosexuals are from Mercury!”
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