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4 in 5 male bass showing female characteristics

Fish with disturbing mutations are popping up again in the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers, with as many as four in five male bass showing female characteristics.

Tags: intersex fish , Potomac River , Shenandoah River , bass , Hedrick Belin

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Pollution continues to threaten local drinking water

Efforts to clean up the Potomac River watershed that provides millions of people with drinking water are well below expected progress, according to a local conservation group.

Tags: Potomac River , Blue Plains Sewage , Hedrick Belin

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Conservancy wants more research into intersex fish

The Potomac Conservancy has presented Congress with a petition to do more research into intersex fish, like those found in the Potomac River.

Tags: Potomac River , H. Hedrick Belin , intersex fish , Hank Silverberg

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