Study Finds Genital Abnormalities in Boys

LA Times ^ | May 27, 2005 | Marla Cone

[visitor]

bump for later...rto

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

But I've got the biggest balls of them all!

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

"The study is the strongest evidence yet that man-made chemicals in the environment can feminize male babies in the womb."

"This cannot be a good thing ..."

In a few years it will be mandatory...

[1FASTGLOCK45]

UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide wrote:
But I've got the biggest balls of them all!

--> U cheater! hehehehe

[endthematrix]

I know this as the Urban Legend "Plastic food wrap causes cancer." Several links below:

Phthalates Info Center

Beauty Coverup? (Wash Post 2002!)

The Plasticizer Diethylhexyl Phthalate Induces Malformations by Decreasing Fetal Testosterone Synthesis during Sexual Differentiation in the Male Rat

Mono-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (MEHP) induces testicular alterations in male guinea pigs at prepubertal stage

[neverdem]

Thanks for the links.

[26lemoncharlie]

Our "normal" is just a little different.

Yes we have all noticed !

[JudyB1938]

But some women like it that wide.

I'll bet you don't get very many women.

(Saying this as nicely as I can without getting vulgar).

[JudyB1938]

I was just kidding about the small breasts. LOL

However, I tend to disagree with you about some things, except for the observation you made about nutrition. I had written why, but I decided it wasn't appropriate for a family forum - so I deleted it.

[Lazamataz]

Well, it was a joke, so go ahead and be vulgar.

[JudyB1938]

That's what's so "funny" about you. You can kid around, but let somebody else do it and you go off.

Goodbye.

[Lazamataz]

Good bye.

[Bush2000]

I've had to suffer with abnormally large genitals, thanks to phthalates. Oh, the horror...

[GRRRRR]

Sorry for the late reply...but,

Most drinking cups, plastic, are polypropylene blends. They are "plastic" by virtue of their polymeric (chain) properties and don't normally require an additive to make them 'plastic'...poly vinyl chloride on the other hand has a high level of chlorine and requires additives to make it "poly" vinyl chloride...that's the stuff that leaches out and causes issues in chronic use.

The issues in this article are in premature male infants and the testes don't develop well in those particular infants that might get repeated doses...it's NOT a problem for the general population.

Drinking water from a garden hose, warmed by the sun...that's the funny taste and smell you're talking about, the PVC shower curtain and swimming pool liners...that's the smell...see?