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The claim was popularized by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who cited studies on the herbicide atrazine, known to induce spontaneous sex reversal or hermaphroditism in certain frog species, to assert that the U.S. government was "putting chemicals in the water that turn the friggin’ frogs gay" as part of a "chemical warfare operation".

It may sound like Alex Jones is a total nut that no one would listen to, but InfoWars gets 10 million monthly visitsand his YouTube channel has 2. Well Jones took the UC Berkeley report about the pesticide atrazine turning a species of frogs from male to female and told his followers that, once again, the U.

The study was intended to determine the cause of a worldwide decline in amphibian populations. But he didn't just tell the story that frogs were changing gender, Jones said that the U. Of course it was because the U. Alex Jones first appeared on a public-access television call-in show in Austin, Texas, then moved to host a radio show called "The Final Edition.

Jones grabbed the study and, well, ran with it, saying the frogs were "turning gay," and that with enough atrazine, American men would soon be "ready to wear a short skirt.

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Jones has used InfoWars to promote his idea that the U. But perhaps his most controversial view has been that the Sandy Hook Elementary and Stoneman Douglas High School shootings were "false flag" operations carried out by the U.

He's repeatedly called grieving parents and witnesses "crisis actors," which has gotten him sued for defamation. Mobile Newsletter banner close. Mobile Newsletter chat avatar.

Ina study out of University of CaliforniaBerkeley found that a species of African frog could change from male to female when exposed to the pesticide atrazine. Sign up for our Newsletter! Chemicals in the water are turning frogs gay One of Jones' most notorious conspiracy theories is that the government is using chemicals in order to turn people gay, using a mysterious "gay bomb.

The frogs were able to reproduce with male frogs, as well, but their offspring were only male — never female — further skewing the population numbers. By: Diana Brown. After a month, 10 percent of the frogs exposed to atrazine had developed ovaries and female reproductive organs, although they were still genetically male.

So do they hold any truth or are they just a bunch of crazy talk?

Edinburgh Research Explorer: Prominent provocateur and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones went viral in claiming there were “chemicals in the water that turn the friggin’ frogs gay

Researchers put 40 male African clawed frogs in water contaminated with atrazine and studied a control group of 40 male frogs in atrazine-free water. He still claims the U. He is known to regularly oppose things on his show like vaccinestelling his followers that Andrew Wakefield, the disgraced doctor who falsified data on vaccines being linked to autism, " is a pioneer and trailblazer.

Alex Jones telling the truths that the globalist don't want you to know. [1]. Ben, Noel and Matt go deep down the rabbit hole in this podcast to separate the truth from the fiction — you'll have to listen to the entire show to learn more about Alex Jones and why InfoWars is so popular.

So what does all of this have to do with frogs changing gender? Mobile Newsletter chat dots. Mobile Newsletter chat subscribe. Mobile Newsletter chat close. The study concluded that atrazine and other hormone-disrupting pollutants were affecting amphibian populations.

As if that wasn't strange enough on its own, the story got even stranger when InfoWars host and right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones picked it up.