Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Mark
Servos
and
his
research
team
in
the
Department
of
Biology
have
found
mutations
in
the
rainbow
darter
fish
in
the
Grand
River
downstream
of
the
Waterloo
and
Kitchener
water
treatment
plants.
Among
the
findings
was
that
male
fish
examined
were
found
to
have
uncharacteristically
large
eggs
and
other
female
traits.
The
team
is
planning
additional
research
in
the
hopes
of
determining
if
the
situation
is
worsening
and
which
compounds
are
leading
to
the
changes.