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April 07, 2005
Iland's Water Raises Fertility Rates
Block Island, RI, apparently is experiencing a baby boom and the culprit seems to be the municipal water system.
With three babies born in three days last month, and at least another 10 expected this year,the year-round population of the Island will grow by more than 10 percent this year, according to the Block Island News.
Scientists have isolated a naturally occurring compound, called diestroglycerin calcate, which alters the hormones that tell the ovaries of a woman when to release eggs, according to A. F. Uhles, a researcher with University of Health Sciences of Stockholm, Sweden, who co-authored the study along with a graduate team at the Massachusetts Institute of Reproduction and Nutrition.
Very rare, and otherwise harmless, the compound has been found in just four municipal systems: Red Lodge, Mont.; Nederland, Colo.; Portland, Maine; and Block Island.
Beth Weaver and Heather Champlin (pictured) are two Block Island women who both were pleasantly surprised by the fertility boost.
Posted by Stephen Betheil at April 7, 2005 06:25 PM
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