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| Pollution threatens male gender, says CHEM Trust report |
| 2008-12-08 |
| POLLUTION is damaging the "basic male tool kit", threatening the future of the male gender, according to new research. A report released today by the charity CHEM Trust shows that male fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals have been harmed by man-made chemicals in the environment. "These findings add to mounting worries about the role of hormone-disrupting or so-called ‘gender-bending' chemicals in the environment and the implications for human health," said charity CHEM Trust. In mammals, genital disruption in males had been widely reported including: intersex features, small penis and testes, undescended testes; abnormal testes; or ambiguous genitals. The report, which draws on more than 250 scientific studies from around the world, concentrates mainly on wildlife, identifying effects in a range of species. "Males of species from each of the main classes of vertebrate animals (including bony fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals) have been affected by chemicals in the environment. "Feminisation of the males of numerous vertebrate species is now a widespread occurrence. All vertebrates have similar sex hormone receptors, which have been conserved in evolution. Therefore, observations in one species may serve to highlight pollution issues of concern for other vertebrates, including humans," the report concludes. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #16 SO-o-o IOW, when those RAMPAGING ASIAN GIRL GANGS RANTED THAT POST 9-11 OWG-NWO = GLOBAL SOCIALISM-WELFARISM WAS FOR THEM, i.e. "NO MEN ALLOWED", SCIENCE HAS DISCOVERED THE MATH/ PROOFS!? * JURASSIC PARK > the alleged TIGHTLY CONTROLLED AND MONITORED, GENETIC ENGINEERED, ALL-FEMALE DINOS are not only having [lesbo?]sex, but getting preggers and having kiddies. You can just feel the "FASCISTS = LIMITED COMMUNISM, ETC. BUT ONLY COMMUNISTS ARE TRUE COMMUNISTS, ETC." BON-FIDE UNITARIANISM + EQUALISM, CAN'T YE!? D *** NG IT, MORIARITY, "FASCIST ARROGANT MALE BRUTES" = LIMITED MOTHERLINESS! |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-12-08 22:19 |
| #15 Guys - remember to wear your hazmat suit next time you visit San Francisco. |
| Posted by: Herb Glock6932 2008-12-08 21:29 |
| #14 I think any resin-activated carbon filter would work ($20). At home, my drinking water uses a 3 stage reverse osmosis filter (sediment, RO, activated carbon, $300). |
| Posted by: ed 2008-12-08 18:41 |
| #13 Can thjey be filtered? |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-12-08 17:55 |
| #12 Pollution by hormones (such as oral contraceptives --> urine --> water supply) and by artificial chemicals that mimic hormones (such as some plastics) really are a serious issue with unprecedented impacts. I have a relative who's a developmental geneticist. She's been tracking this for a while now and is deeply concerned. |
| Posted by: lotp 2008-12-08 16:46 |
| #11 And then, as I have said many times from the pulpit....there is the dreaded run-off which is injested by Green Monkeys and creates HIV. It's a Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline plot I tell you, a genocidal plot! |
| Posted by: J. Wright 2008-12-08 16:07 |
| #10 Although the Telegraph story didn't say it, many researchers in this field believe that the principle source of this gender impact pollution is birth control pills. Taking these pills makes women's wastes contain a realtively high amount of estrogen and progesterone. Current sewage treatment does not destroy these hormones and the solids from sewage treatment plants are used as soil enrichment for agriculture in many countries. |
| Posted by: mhw 2008-12-08 15:51 |
| #9 In other words, women may very well rule the world some day. YIKES!!! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-12-08 13:58 |
| #8 Scientific proof of scripture? This Bible passage from Isaiah came to mind: "Wail, for the day of the LORD is near;it will come like destruction from the Almighty. Because of this, all hands will go limp, every man’s heart will melt. Terror will seize them, pain and anguish will grip them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look aghast at each other, their faces aflame. See, the day of the LORD is coming—a cruel day, with wrath and fierce anger—to make the land desolate and destroy the sinners within it. The stars of heaven and their constellations will not show their light. The rising sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light. I will punish the world for its evil, the wicked for their sins. I will put an end to the arrogance of the haughty and will humble the pride of the ruthless. I will make man scarcer than pure gold, more rare than the gold of Ophir." The Hebrew word translated 'man' means specifically 'young men' and their judgment seems to be directed at their manhood, but the pollution from burning Kuwaiti oil wells and terror regional young males inspire also seems to fit the prophecy. In other words, women may very well rule the world some day. |
| Posted by: Danielle 2008-12-08 13:47 |
| #7 Mitch, it's not that hermaphrodites and sexual abnormalities exist, but what is their frequency distribution over time? The data doesn't exist until, maybe, recently. It is known that exposure to sex hormones and analogues can even change the sex in some test species. It is not a stretch, otherwise animal modeling of human diseases has been a terrible mistake, to think that human fetuses are also affected. What is known is that post WW2, industrialized nations' male sperm counts have been halved and synthetic female hormones and analogues (e.g. plasticizers) have seen widespread entry into our environment. To think that it only affects sperm counts and not other physical parameters and especially behaviors, I think is a bit of a stretch. In the mean time, it is prudent to avoid plastic containers. Especially the soft ones that get heated (e.g. frozen food trays, drink bottles, cheap food containers, plastic baby bottles) and more easily release additives. |
| Posted by: ed 2008-12-08 13:00 |
| #6 Hermaphroditic freaks have been a part of nature for as long as anyone's been paying attention. A brief perusal of Roman portent records will show you *that*. This 'report'? Chowderheaded grant-mongering FUD. |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2008-12-08 12:40 |
| #5 Oh Boo Hoo Hoo, Gimme a Billion Bucks and I'll see if anything can be done. |
| Posted by: Rednek Jim 2008-12-08 12:17 |
| #4 Sewage Treatment Plants and Modern Drugs... More to come in the coming decades... Do we need better digester bacteria? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2008-12-08 10:42 |
| #3 It could also explain the explosion of 'gender confused' people in our country. See, I told ya, they're mutants! |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-12-08 09:42 |
| #2 Or it could be the result of policies that enact practices that undermine natural selection. The cultural push for a static environment which does not press upon its inhabitants, regardless of species, to adapt to change will result in a flatting of variation and subsequently the many allied 'aspects' that separate successful progenitors. That explains a lot about Western politics in the last generation. So, you think there's a possible corollary with the ratification of the 19th Amendment and this? [duck and cover] :) |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-12-08 09:03 |
| #1 That explains a lot about Western politics in the last generation. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2008-12-08 08:30 |
