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Pseudo-estrogens in plastics, in food packaging, in shampoos, in the decay products of garden and household pesticides, and in the by-products of the contraceptive pill flowing back into the system, are causing a wide spread feminization of marine and terrestrial animals, as described in these recent, stunning discoveries. |
Through many sex change procedures we have come to know that a very small dose of estrogen given daily to a fully grown male will result in a fully developed set of breasts, female hips, and loss of facial and body hair. So, even fully grown males can be fully feminized, at least in outward appearance. This effect would be much stronger on the much smaller body mass of small and growing boys.
And while there appear to be no undue and obvious physical signs of feminized human males as yet, there are other, more subtle signs that we are being affected as well. Homosexual orientation and a tendency towards obesity - as males with an extra X chromosome tend to be - would be direct consequences of an overabundance of pseudo-estrogens in our environment.
The only thing we can do is to avoid all plastics and pesticides in our home environment. Banish all plastic dishes, glasses, implements, cutlery, cutting boards (the hollow in plastic cutting boards has gone into your food) and plastic containers for food from your kitchen, and banish plastic baby bottles, pacifiers and toys from your home. Buy food in glass, metal or waxed paper containers, instead of plastic containers, whenever possible. Buy milk, for instance, in waxed cardboard containers, rather than plastic bags or jugs. Store food in saved glass jars - pickle, jam jars, etc. - rather than plastic containers. And avoid plastic wraps for food, and particularly so when heating food in a microwave.
Banishing plastics from your home environment is particularly important for pregnant women and mothers of infants and small children. What may be a very small dose for an adult human being is an immense dose for a small foetus, and a huge dose for an infant, toddler or young child.
So, avoid, at all costs, plastic baby bottles and pacifiers for your babies, as well as all plastic toys, and particularly those which a toddler or child can put in its mouth.
And banish all insecticides, fungicides and herbicides from your garden and households - not only for their pseudo-estrogen endocrine disrupters but also for the damage they do to our neural systems. Again, and as always, the smallest of us are the most severely affected.
Original Article:
BOYS WILL BE GIRLS - EVENTUALLY
Extinction threat rises as creatures ingest 'gender-bending' chemicals from plastics and pesticides
Mother nature is taking over. An extraordinary feminisation process has begun to affect Britain's wildlife - and scientists warn it could ultimately dismantle the evolutionary process that has existed for 3.5 billion years. A trend first noted in whelks is starting to spread rapidly among other wildlife species in the food chain.
The first national survey of 42 rivers by the Environment Agency has just been completed and it found that a third of male fish are growing female reproductive tissues and organs. Effects were most pronounced in younger fish, raising grave implications for future stocks.
Scientists now fear that seals, dolphins, otters, birds such as peregrine falcons and even honey bees are heading towards a uni-sex existence that would lead to extinction. Blame has fallen on the increasing prevalence of a group of chemicals known as endocrine disrupters. These are found in plastics, food packaging, shampoos and pesticides and accumulate in the environment. They can mimic the female hormone oestrogen when ingested.
A reduction in the size of male genitals, a lower sex drive and parts of the testes turning into ovary tissue are among the symptoms. As the effect of the chemicals starts to creep up the food chain, concern will mount over the potential effect on human health amid increasing evidence of falling sperm counts and infertility among men.
Charles Tyler, professor of environmental and molecular fish biology at the University of Exeter, who is leading an international team studying the impact of so-called 'gender-bending' chemicals warns that a point where a
species can no longer reproduce is a very real concern. "We have reached a crucial point. Now we are starting to see the effects while only just starting to understand what is happening. This poses a serious threat to species in some areas," said Tyler.
Others studying the phenomena say the feminisation process is a warning from nature that a nightmare is about to unfold. Pressure will again resume this week on ministers to curb the use of 'gender-bending' chemicals.
Environmentalists will point to research revealing that honey bees, so vital for the pollination of plants, were found to display a lower sex drive with fewer eggs laid by the queen after exposure to endocrine disrupters. They also point to recent studies involving bottle-nosed dolphins in the North Sea. Again, the presence of chemicals has been linked to an increase in birth defects, most notable among male specimens, along with more infant deaths which has resulted in an ageing of the population.
So far the government has agreed to fund studies into suspicions that the otter's comeback after decades of decline will be hampered by the feminising effects of the chemicals. A separate study has just been funded into the dipper which feeds on fish taken from the rivers. Tyler is among those who have complained that the huge gap in scientific knowledge over gender bending pollutants has so far prevented any action in the outlawing of chemicals.
Toxicology expert Andreas Kortenkamp of the University of London's school of pharmacy, believes the government has "grossly underestimated" the chemicals' effects. He believes that current safeguards to protect wildlife are grossly inadequate. In particular, he warns that nothing is being done to calculate how cocktails of chemicals react in the environment. More than 100,000 synthetic chemicals remain authorised for use, with the European Union holding a list of 550 potential endocrine disruptors. It is not yet known precisely which ones have altered the male reproductive organs of bream, carp, roach and gudgeon or caused hormone disruption among grey seal pups in the North Sea.
Bees were found to be affected by chemicals used commonly on crops in the UK countryside. The findings coincide with renewed concern over fertility levels among men. Sperm counts have fallen by a third between 1989 and 2002, according to some studies, while one in six British couples now experiences difficulty in
conceiving. Contaminated drinking water caused by the by-products of the contraceptive pill flowing back into the system is one of the explanations put forward.
Justin Woolford, a spokesman for the World Wildlife Fund, said: "What we do to wildlife we ultimately do to ourselves." Yet almost two years have passed since the World Health Organisation urged governments to investigate the effects of gender-bending chemicals.
[Source: Mark Townsend - Sunday July 18, 2004 The Observer
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,1263753,00.html]
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Sender's note: In 1994 a group of researchers from around the world started exchanging information on feminization trends that they were seeing in animal and human populations -- and at the cellular level.
http://health.discovery.com/premiers/toxic/inside.html
Dr. Louis Guillette, Dr. Theo Colburn, Dr. John Sumpter, Dr. Ana Soto and Dr. Richard Sharpe appeared in a DISCOVERY CHANNEL production which only aired once, called "Assault on the Male". The chemical industry intimidated DISCOVERY which edited the piece and greatly softened what eventually aired.
To find a large archive of scientific information on the topic of gender bending chemicals (also known as endocrine disrupters) go the this site, to which many scientists worldwide contribute:
www.ourstolenfuture.org
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