£30 Billion Bill to Purify Water System After Toxic Impact of Contraceptive Pill

Drug firms oppose an EU call for controls on potent chemicals that have been blamed for the gender mutation of freshwater fish

Britain faces a £30bn bill to clean up rivers, streams and drinking water supplies contaminated by synthetic hormones from contraceptive pills. Drastic reductions in these chemicals, which have been linked to collapses in fish populations, are proposed in the latest European Union water framework directive.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jun/02/water-system-toxic-contraceptive-pill