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The Chemical Industry and Your Reproductive Future - Low Sperm Counts - Deformed Penises |
| Published: June 27, 2008, 8:37 am |
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From car seats to condoms, nasty compounds have invaded our lives. Hormones are going haywire, and our human future is at risk. ~ Josh Zaffos I am half the man my father is... This disturbing fortune came to me about five years ago, but not from an odd relative or a sadistic girlfriend. Instead, this dinner-table diagnosis came from Theo (short for Theodora) Colborn, an internationally known scientist who has helped develop the field of research exploring how chemical compounds interfere with the hormones that guide human development. Known as endocrine disruption, chemicals found in computer screens and car seats, shower curtains and shampoo, plastic water bottles and prophylactics are skewing our odds against cancers and causing developmental delays and reproductive roadblocks, including declining sperm counts. So, when Colborn informed me of my inferior manhood, I took consolation in the fact that she was indicting my entire generation -- and her own -- for loading our [ Full article ] |
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