To: algore
The study linked grandmothers' higher DDT exposure rates to granddaughters' higher body mass index (BMI) and earlier first menstruation, both of which can signal future health issues.I'd link the inverted food pyramid and eating crap that is no longer food.
65 posted on
07/12/2021 10:16:03 AM PDT by
IYAS9YAS
(There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
To: IYAS9YAS; algore
"In earlier studies, she found that the daughters of mothers exposed to the highest DDT levels while pregnant had elevated rates of breast cancer, hypertension and obesity...Cohn's newest study, on the exposed women's grandchildren, documents the first evidence that DDT's health effects can persist for at least three generations. The study linked grandmothers' higher DDT exposure rates to granddaughters' higher body mass index (BMI) and earlier first menstruation, both of which can signal future health issues." It also has a rough chronological coincidence with the widespread use of estrogenic oral contraceptives.
Just sayin'...
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