I think this is probably true, although the article is pretty useless since it doesn’t say what is at fault.
Birth control pills going into the sewers, soy, and no doubt other chemicals and plastics are probably responsible, although who knows in what proportions? And some of the chemicals used on food animals are probably responsible too.
One solution is to eat organic, although that can be very expensive unless you are in the right neighborhood. Another may be to avoid plastics.
The real problem is that the government has proven to be absolutely useless at discovering these problems or controlling them. The whole purpose of the FDA these days seems to be to cover up for poisoned Chinese products, and the others are equally useless. Not everyone working for them is guilty, by any means, but they have to follow routine procedures. For instance, Clinton saw to it that his pal Tyson’s packing plants were never properly inspected—one good reason among many not to buy Tyson products.
Another trouble is that many of the regulators are “green,” and you never know whether they might not secretly be sympathetic to the idea of reducing birth rates by feminizing men. Plus, being a macho guy is politically incorrect.
It would be good to get some really reliable reports on the dangers, and how to avoid them.
Too true. However, we can take a few precautions from what little we know. For starters, don't microwave food in plastic containers. It's easy enough to transfer things into casserole dishes or onto glass or ceramic plates for heating. I've done it for years because of intermittent reports of this type. It's also not hard to reduce consumption of soy products, unless you really like soy milk or tofu. I read labels carefully anyway because we steer clear of high-fructose corn syrup. By cooking mostly from scratch we avoid both the syrup and large concentrations of soy protein. We never used soy formula or soy milk, and nobody likes tofu. I will admit to using bottled water sometimes because we have nasty tasting well water. I try to keep the bottles from getting too warm though, since it releases more plasticizers into the water. When my boys go camping, they take water bottles. We've recently purchased some aluminum bottles so they can switch away from the older nalgene bottles. Especially when the boys were little, we bought milk from the farm which was unpasteurized and free of added antibiotics and hormones.
I'm sure we're still being exposed to things we're unaware of, but there are steps we can take even with incomplete knowledge. By sticking with basic foods, home cooking, and by avoiding some of the plastics in contact with food (especially hot ones), we can likely reduce risk and probably eat more healthy foods in the process.