spicpussy
2009-11-24 17:30:16 UTC
You say you like the likes of Clay Aiken and Lance Bass, "boys" who
evince the more fem-side of humanity, as opposed to the rough, tough,
violent guys that always seem to "get into trouble"?
Big doses of PVC might be what you need to make your little guy want
to hop, skip, and tiptoe through the tulips with you, rather than beat
the shit out of his siblings.
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"Mothers' exposure to chemicals may affect boys"
By Juliet Eilperin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
ELEVATED LEVELS of two plastic-softening chemicals in pregnant women's
urine are linked to less-masculine play behavior by their sons several
years later, according to a study published last week in the
International Journal of Andrology.
Phthalates (THAL-ates), which are used in everything from vinyl floors
to plastic tubing and soaps and lotions, are pervasive in the
environment and have increasingly become associated with changes in
development of the male brain as well as with genital defects,
metabolic abnormalities and reduced testosterone in babies and adults.
A team of U.S. and British researchers posed a standard play
questionnaire to the parents of 145 preschool-age children. Then they
ranked the types of play on a scale from most masculine (such as play
fighting or using trucks) to most feminine. An effect was identified
among the sons of women with higher concentrations of di(2-ethylhexyl)
phthalate (DEHP) and dibutyl phthalate (DBP) in their prenatal urine:
On average, those boys scored 8 percent further away from the
masculine end of the scale than other boys.
The presence of these chemicals, which are in polyvinyl chloride (PVC)
tubing and often make it into the human body through consumption of
processed food, was not associated with any differences in girls' play
behavior.
"This is enough information to ask manufacturers to let people know
when they're exposed, so they can make choices," said the study's lead
author, Shanna Swan, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the
University of Rochester Medical Center. "I don't think it's enough to
ban these things." She said the study needs to be replicated at a
larger scale in a different population.
Elizabeth Grossman, author of the new book "Chasing Molecules:
Poisonous Products, Human Health, and the Promise of Green Chemistry,"
said when it comes to public disclosure, "we're not there yet" in
terms of phthalates.
"The information that's out there and available on PVC products is
very confusing and incomplete," Grossman said. For example, she said,
she had found a yoga mat advertised as being made of "phthalate-free"
PVC -- a contradiction in terms.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/20/AR2009112003698.html
evince the more fem-side of humanity, as opposed to the rough, tough,
violent guys that always seem to "get into trouble"?
Big doses of PVC might be what you need to make your little guy want
to hop, skip, and tiptoe through the tulips with you, rather than beat
the shit out of his siblings.
---------------------------------
"Mothers' exposure to chemicals may affect boys"
By Juliet Eilperin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
ELEVATED LEVELS of two plastic-softening chemicals in pregnant women's
urine are linked to less-masculine play behavior by their sons several
years later, according to a study published last week in the
International Journal of Andrology.
Phthalates (THAL-ates), which are used in everything from vinyl floors
to plastic tubing and soaps and lotions, are pervasive in the
environment and have increasingly become associated with changes in
development of the male brain as well as with genital defects,
metabolic abnormalities and reduced testosterone in babies and adults.
A team of U.S. and British researchers posed a standard play
questionnaire to the parents of 145 preschool-age children. Then they
ranked the types of play on a scale from most masculine (such as play
fighting or using trucks) to most feminine. An effect was identified
among the sons of women with higher concentrations of di(2-ethylhexyl)
phthalate (DEHP) and dibutyl phthalate (DBP) in their prenatal urine:
On average, those boys scored 8 percent further away from the
masculine end of the scale than other boys.
The presence of these chemicals, which are in polyvinyl chloride (PVC)
tubing and often make it into the human body through consumption of
processed food, was not associated with any differences in girls' play
behavior.
"This is enough information to ask manufacturers to let people know
when they're exposed, so they can make choices," said the study's lead
author, Shanna Swan, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the
University of Rochester Medical Center. "I don't think it's enough to
ban these things." She said the study needs to be replicated at a
larger scale in a different population.
Elizabeth Grossman, author of the new book "Chasing Molecules:
Poisonous Products, Human Health, and the Promise of Green Chemistry,"
said when it comes to public disclosure, "we're not there yet" in
terms of phthalates.
"The information that's out there and available on PVC products is
very confusing and incomplete," Grossman said. For example, she said,
she had found a yoga mat advertised as being made of "phthalate-free"
PVC -- a contradiction in terms.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/20/AR2009112003698.html