WHY ISN’T THE E.P.A. DOING ANYTHING ABOUT THIS? Transgender Fish Are A Result Of Women Flushing Their Birth Control Down Toilets. “What makes it even scarier, especially for me (a hardcore pescatarian), is that people may be eating these things, causing the contraceptive hormones to be passed along. . . . Aside from just being strange, this could greatly affect the fish population as the sperm quality is plummeting. Another issue is that their behavior is less aggressive and competitive than usual, which may lower their chances of breeding successfully.”