posted on Dec, 8 2008 @ 08:19 AM
OMG
I just found this article in regards to pollution.Evolution is being distorted by pollution, which damages genitals and the ability to
father offspring, says new study.
It also follows hard on the heels of new American research which shows that baby boys born to women exposed to widespread chemicals in pregnancy
are born with smaller penises and feminised genitals. "This research shows that the basic male tool kit is under threat," says Gwynne Lyons, a
former government adviser on the health effects of chemicals, who wrote the report. Wildlife and people have been exposed to more than 100,000 new
chemicals in recent years, and the European Commission has admitted that 99 per cent of them are not adequately regulated. There is not even proper
safety information on 85 per cent of them.
The Independent Science
Many have been identified as "endocrine disrupters" – or gender-benders – because they interfere with hormones. These include phthalates, used
in food wrapping, cosmetics and baby powders among other applications; flame retardants in furniture and electrical goods; PCBs, a now banned group of
substances still widespread in food and the environment; and many pesticides.
The report – published by the charity CHEMTrust and drawing on more than 250 scientific studies from around the world – concentrates mainly on
wildlife, identifying effects in species ranging from the polar bears of the Arctic to the eland of the South African plains, and from whales in the
depths of the oceans to high-flying falcons and eagles.
It concludes: 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.
Instead of concentrating on wild-life. Maybe we should concentrate more on regulating chemicals. Especially the ones that our government dumps on us.
Please your thoughts