Alex Jones "Turning the Freaking Frogs Gay" Terrance Giles K subscribers Subscribed. The herbicide atrazine, one of the world's most widely used pesticides, screws up the sex lives of adult male frogs, emasculating three-quarters of them and turning one in 10 into females, according to a new study by UC Berkeley's Tyrone Hayes. By Robert Sanders. Hayes, professor of integrative biology.
Most notably, American conspiracy theorist Alex Jones cited research on the effects of atrazine on frogs, which can induce spontaneous sex change or hermaphroditism, to claim that the U.S. government was "putting chemicals in the water that turn the friggin’ frogs gay" as part of a "chemical warfare operation" to increase homosexuality and. Its widespread use as a herbicide in industrial farming and corn production has been hotly contested over its environmental impacts. European regulators have banned it for its impact on the environment. In fact, the last time Trump was president, EPA increased the amount of atrazine it considered safe for frogs and other aquatic organisms, in a move that the Biden-era EPA later criticized as politically motivated rather than science-based.
In a rant that has since become a meme and a line of t-shirts, Jones said he didn't like the government "putting chemicals in the water that turn the friggin' frogs gay." "The majority of. Home Discussions Workshop Market Broadcasts. Change language. View desktop website.
Prominent provocateur and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones went viral in claiming there were “chemicals in the water that turn the friggin’ frogs gay.” The ridicule was swift and severe. .