Fish story?

To argue that the concentrations reported in "Macho Moms: Perchlorate pollutant masculinizes

1. To give a masculine appearance or character to.

2. To cause a female to assume masculine characteristics, as through hormonal imbalance.

mascu·lin·i·za fish" (SN: 8/12/06, p. 99) are environmentally relevant is misleading. Those concentrations are usually in groundwater, not surface waters. I've been involved in the environmental field for almost 20 years and have yet to hear of any fish being caught in groundwater.

JOHN HARRIS, SACRAMENTO, CALIF.

Study coauthor Frank yon Hippel notes that much of the nation's water supply comes from groundwater and says that "groundwater flows just like surface water and, in many places, becomes surface water."--J. RALOFF

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Author:	Harris, John
Publication:	Science News
Article Type:	Letter to the editor
Date:	Oct 21, 2006
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