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Plastic Ingredient May Cause Smaller Penises
News Max ^
| October 10, 2008
| Sylvia Booth Hubbard
Posted on 10/12/2008 8:11:09 AM PDT by Sefton
A common chemical ingredient in plastics has been linked to smaller penises and incomplete descent of testicles in baby boys. Phthalates, which are added to plastics to keep them soft and pliable, are linked to a feminizing effect on boy fetuses whose moms had above-average levels of the chemical in their urine while pregnant. Moms who had the highest amounts gave birth to boys with more feminine characteristics.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: clinton; gore; harryreed; obama
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To: Sefton
holy shemp you messed that one up..it’s “prick” lol that way it is factual and clean.
To: TheZMan
Between this and the high levels of estrogen in our water supplies Republican Party, no wonder we have so many problems here.Corrected
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posted on
10/12/2008 8:23:12 AM PDT
by
A_Tradition_Continues
(formerly known as Politicalwit ...05/28/98...Ain't no Newbie!)
To: ASA Vet
"Congress will pass a “ball-out” bill....." LOL
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posted on
10/12/2008 8:24:00 AM PDT
by
Sefton
(I'M ENERGIZED!)
To: Sefton
Hillary has no such problem with plastic.
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posted on
10/12/2008 8:24:09 AM PDT
by
ASA Vet
To: Sefton
Quoting from another article concerning phthalates:
"The results, published online last March in Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP), revealed that American men with abdominal obesity or insulin resistance (a precursor to diabetes) were more likely to have high levels of the metabolites in their urine than men without those problems.
Stahlhut is quick to point out that there's no definitive link proving that excessive phthalate exposure causes obesity, but the study does suggest a possible connection. "[These results are] what you would expect if phthalates are lowering testosterone levels," Stahlhut says, and "low testosterone in adult men, from whatever cause, is known to cause abdominal obesity and insulin resistance.""
The entire story here
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posted on
10/12/2008 8:26:12 AM PDT
by
steveo
(Don't be a Sarahphobe!)
To: Sefton
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posted on
10/12/2008 8:27:55 AM PDT
by
TribalPrincess2U
(http://www.dailymotion.com/video/k6KUDv1wzraWhwlBt1)
To: alecqss
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posted on
10/12/2008 8:30:27 AM PDT
by
TribalPrincess2U
(http://www.dailymotion.com/video/k6KUDv1wzraWhwlBt1)
To: Crawdad
:-)
We all have our burdens to bear. Or bare.
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posted on
10/12/2008 8:30:59 AM PDT
by
generally
(Don't act stupid. We have politicians for that.)
To: Crawdad
I was wondering who would be the first one to make that joke.
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posted on
10/12/2008 8:31:00 AM PDT
by
justlurking
(The only remedy for a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.)
To: Sefton
One pill makes you larger
And one pill makes you small
And the ones that mother gives you
Don't do anything at all
Go ask Alice...
To: Sefton
Wasn’t it “prick on the outside”. But you were close.
To: Clint Williams
Hey, hey. Plastic water bottles are not just a Lib thing.
But I do refuse to buy them individually.
I buy a good 6-pack and refill from my home water system.
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posted on
10/12/2008 8:35:58 AM PDT
by
TribalPrincess2U
(http://www.dailymotion.com/video/k6KUDv1wzraWhwlBt1)
To: Sefton
“Scientists have been concerned about the effects of the PHTHALATES, known as DEHP, because rodent studies showed it had a negative effect on the MASCULINITY of young RATS.” [Caps mine)
‘Falath’, yep. Guyth, thath how we thay it here in San Frantithco.’
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
10/12/2008 8:42:41 AM PDT
by
Harrius Magnus
(LIBERALS: We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity.)
To: TribalPrincess2U
Did you used to be a TribalPrince?
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posted on
10/12/2008 8:46:18 AM PDT
by
MARTIAL MONK
(I'm waiting for the POP! It's gonna be a BIG one.)
To: Sefton
I KNEW IT!!! Wait till I tell my wife about this!! I knew there was a reason....
To: 101voodoo
I just KNEW I shouldn’t have played with my mom’s Tupperware :(
To: Crawdad
Reminds me of the Sam Kinison riff (edited):
Basically, we don't want to hear about the bigger guy. We don't want to hear about the HUGE guy who stretched you out... (I'll just end it there for the family forum)
The guy was a real talent!
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posted on
10/12/2008 8:52:35 AM PDT
by
Harrius Magnus
(LIBERALS: We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity.)
To: Sefton
Gee and all this time (in my 65 years) I thought it was merely "shrinkage" from the cold and showers, ala George on Seinfeld. That's why I still live in VT. Its my built-in excuse.
That's my story and I'm stiking to it!!! lol
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posted on
10/12/2008 8:55:16 AM PDT
by
Conservative Vermont Vet
((One of ONLY 37 Conservatives in the People's Republic of Vermont. Socialists and Progressives All))
To: Sefton; Slings and Arrows
Phthalates, which are added to plastics to keep them soft and pliable... There's your problem!
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posted on
10/12/2008 8:55:48 AM PDT
by
Grizzled Bear
("Does not play well with others.")
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