[derping69]

BPA, birth control/estrogen in water, and increased obesity rates would be my guess.

[imron]

Not to mention estrogen from plastics:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3222987/

[PrimHelios]

>birth control/estrogen in water

Is that actually a thing? I didn't find any sources definitively showing it was enough to warrant a concern.

[azr79]

women take birth control

they pee and flush

this water gets processed and re injected back into the pipes

if you make the mistake to drink the tap water where they re purpose it from the canalisations, you just drink birth control water.

[AstralStorm]

Data to back it up please? As far as I know the hormones used have quite short half life in decent conditions. Much less metabolites.

[PrimHelios]

Gonna need some evidence to back that up. Wouldn't the treatment get rid of the birth control?

From what I was reading, this seems to be an anti-BC talking point, but I couldn't find any evidence to suggest that any estrogens in tap water is caused by BC.

[xaqfox]

Sounds like you have a local water supply problem if they serve you recycled sewage (or a regretful plumbing problem).

[codewritinfool]

This is common among communities living on the Mississippi River, for example.

[jkelsey]

Interesting. Could you elaborate?

[emersonrsantos]

Exogenous testosterone also lowers sperm count.