Posted on 01/31/2007 2:58:06 PM PST by blam
Natural oils gave young boys breasts
22:00 31 January 2007
NewScientist.com news service
Andy Coghlan
Three young boys grew breast tissue after exposure to lotions and shampoos containing lavender or tea tree oil, researchers say.
It is not uncommon for boys to develop breast tissue during puberty or just after, but the boys affected by the plant oils were aged four, seven and 10.
The natural oils may be “gender-bending” chemicals mimicking effects of the female hormone, oestrogen, the findings suggest. The boys were otherwise normal, and lost the breast tissue within months of discontinuing use of the products.
Researchers who identified the oils as the cause of the abnormalities in the three pre-pubertal boys have warned parents and doctors to beware of the effects of any toiletry products containing the oils.
“If consumers are concerned about exposure to lavender or tea tree oil, they should talk to their physicians,” says Derek Henley of the US National Institute of Health Sciences labs in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, US. “Now that physicians are aware of the problem, they can document cases,” adds Henley, whose team identified the oils as the probable cause in three affected boys.
Oestrogen mimics
In follow-up lab tests on breast cells, they confirmed that the oils act both as oestrogen mimics, and as suppressors of masculinising hormone signals. “These are definitely the first substances to show a combination of oestrogen mimicry and anti-androgenic activity,” says Henley.
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That's pretty crappy for all of those kids with hippie parents who push soy at them.
When I was ten I would have loved to have access to breast; on the girl next door.
Changing subjects, but the temperature in Nashville was about 34 degrees at the most today and a PETA bunch is in Nashville demonstrating against the Cattleman's meeting there this week. A PETA girl has herself all painted up with barbecue colors and is positioned on a grill (a fake one), two-thirds naked and shivering to show solidarity with beef and to protest against cruelty to animals. It's pretty cruel to that woman to subject her to that sort of exposure. Made me hungry for a big old steak for supper.
And your measurements are 20W50?
The same thing happens when they get too much soy in their diet -- and all packaged products seem to have some soy in them ---
LMAO! I'm down in Huntsville and weather may delay me going into work in the morning.
Depends on how long I rub it...;-)
Meanwhile, all the boys would do is sit in the corner and play with their new toys.
Begs the question, what does it do to young girls?
I know you probably found it via google or something, but please don't link to that nazi site.
my first thought is, what would it do for my wife?
mark.
A lot of cancer survivors avoid soy because it is high in phyto-estrogens which can aggravate existing cancers or possibly spur metastasis. I wonder how well-known is this information about tea tree oil and lavender.
I am a woman. If I would have known this, I would have OD'ed.
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=53327
Soy article...one of six in a recent series.
I would bet liberals must use vegetable oil.
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