Or did the author choose to specifically highlight this river.

I am not saying anything about the nature or this topic itself.

Male bass in many US rivers feminized, study finds
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090914/D9ANBN800.html

By SETH BORENSTEIN

WASHINGTON (AP) - Government scientists figure that one out of five male 
black bass in American river basins have egg cells growing inside their 
sexual organs, a sign of how widespread fish feminizing has become.
...
Past studies have linked the problem to endocrine-disrupting hormones, 
such as estrogen from women's medicines.
...
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But I just had to stop and read this sentence a couple of times before I 
could move on, emphasis is mine:

"The Southeast, especially the *Pee Dee* River Basin in North and South 
Carolina, had the highest rates of feminization."


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