The technical folk don’t use those expressions: “estrogen in our tap water” or “synthetic hormones”.
I did a search and found this little essay which might be helpful:
The deliberate overlooking of “inconvenient things” by the Liberals and Socialists is one of their major weaknesses. [Windmills don’t REALLY work, unless you overlook the energy storage issue, their “delicacy” (lack of robustness), their high cost, and all the birds and bats they kill. (Oh, but that’s different.)]
[One of the major pollutants is estrogen … what goes into the waste water stream by excretion of birth control pills. Causes a lot of problems that they don’t want to discuss or even refer to.]
They are delicately referred to as PPCP’s. Isn’t that cute? So delicately avoiding the issue.
ppcp
… as in "if you want to get someone’s attention, whisper … "
Here is an excerpt from one place I looked up:
After a decade of researching pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in water and treated wastewater, Dr. Bryan Brooks, professor of environmental science and biomedical studies at Baylor University, has seen the interest in the subject grow exponentially. Brooks recalls earlier days when he and colleague Dr. Kevin Chambliss, a Baylor chemistry professor, were among the few researchers studying this topic-compared to thousands of papers and projects focusing on PPCPs today.
One reason for this increased attention is that researchers’ ability to detect and measure PPCPs in water has grown. Because scientists are continually learning how to identify more and more substances at lower and lower levels, increasing numbers of reports have resulted in a growing public awareness of PPCPs in water.
