Posted on 08/14/2010 9:33:35 PM PDT by TaraP
NaturalNews) In a bombshell finding that has far-reaching implications for society and culture, scientists at the University of Rochester have found that phthalates -- the chemical found in many vinyl and plastic products -- tends to "feminize" boys, altering their brains to express more feminine characteristics. The study has been published in the Journal of Andrology.
Phthalates are found in vinyl products (including vinyl flooring), PVC shower curtains, plastic furniture and even in the plastic coating of the insides of dishwashing machines.
The feminization process happens during pregnancy when phthalate exposure causes hormone disruptions in the unborn baby. This chemical feminizes males by disrupting the action of the hormone testosterone.
In this recent study, researchers found a strong correlation between the types of toys that male children play with and the level of phthalates found in their mothers when they were pregnant. Researchers discovered that boys exposed to high levels of phthalates in the womb tend to avoid playing with cars, trains or toy guns. They also avoided rough play, instead preferring more feminine toys and activities. (Barbie?)
Phthalates used in pharmaceutical coatings What very few people know about phthalates is that they are used in the coatings of pharmaceuticals to create "enteric" coatings. This means that many people taking certain pharmaceuticals are unknowingly eating phthalates. If expectant mothers take such pharmaceuticals during pregnancy, they may then feminize their unborn male babies.
How do we know phthalates are used in pharmaceuticals? This Google Books link (http://books.google.com/books?id=e7...) shows a page from the Handbook of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Formulations: Over-the-counter products. In it, a recipe is given for manufacturing a clear enteric coating. The ingredients are:
Acetone Purified water Hydroxypropyl Methyl Cellulose Phthalate Vanillin Acetylated Monoglycerides Alcohol
This combination of highly toxic chemicals is cooked, stirred and then used to coat pharmaceutical pills that people actually swallow!
Phthalates in antidepressant SSRI drugs These phthalate chemicals are also used in antidepressant drugs. Here's a patent that describes the process: "Controlled Release Compositions of an Antidepressant Agent" http://www.faqs.org/patents/app/200...
As the patent explains:
"...the enteric coating polymer is selected from the group consisting of cellulose acetate phthalate, polyvinyl acetate phthalate, methacrylicacid copolymer, cellulose acetate trimellitate, shellac, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose phthalate, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose acetate succinate and combination thereof."
Another section says:
"..the plasticizer is selected from diethyl phthalate, dibutyl phthalate, cetyl alcohol, polyethylene glycol-4000, triethyl citrate, triacetin or propylene glycol."
Now here's the real kicker: The drug companies are pushing to have expectant mothers dosed with antidepressant drugs during pregnancy! This is supposedly to prevent "post-partum depression" but the real reason is because Big Pharma simply wants to sell more drugs and pregnant women are the next target on the list.
But taking these drugs results in toxic phthalate levels in the body that are 50 times greater than a "normal" contamination level. As this study published in Environmental Health Perspectives explains:
"Select medications might be a source of high exposure to some phthalates, one of which, DBP, shows adverse developmental and reproductive effects in laboratory animals. These results raise concern about potential human health risks, specifically among vulnerable segments of the general population and particularly pregnant women and children." (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/art...)
If expectant mothers are taking more antidepressants coated with phthalates that cause the feminization of boys, we are going to be looking at the mass feminization of males in modern society.
Along with this mass feminization, you can expect to see dropping sperm counts (already happening), increased infertility and the emergence of more feminine physical characteristics among men.
Many would say this hormonal shift is already underway.
Macho Macho Man! (to quote The Village People) If you look at the transformation of men in modern society over the last 50 years or so, there appears to be a measurable trend towards more feminine looks and behavior. NaturalNews doesn't judge this one way or the other -- it's just an observation of a trend.
We all need to be mindful when discussing this topic due to potential issues ranging from male "femininity" to homosexuality. There is no indication from this particular study that phthalate exposure in the womb tends to cause boys to adhere to any particular sexual orientation, but it's probably a question that scientists will be asking: Does exposure to hormone-disrupting chemicals tend to alter the behavioral sexual expression of developing babies?
Increase in children with Autism
Feminine boys, homosexual explosion
Puberty hitting girls at younger ages....
Something is going on...
They’ll probably require it to be used in school meals from now on.
Thanks for posting!
Cheers!
FROM 2003
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/972970/posts
Girls get extra school help while boys get Ritalin
At last June’s graduation at Franklin High School just outside of Milwaukee, three of the four students who tied for valedictorian were girls. Among the National Honor Society members, 76% were girls. And girls comprised 85% of the students on Franklin’s 4.0 honor roll.
The superintendent of schools for this upper-middle-class suburb, Gerald Freitag, investigated those numbers after the parents of a boy filed a complaint. He found that the skewed performances by gender at Franklin pretty much mirror the imbalances across the state and the nation.
This week, teachers at the middle school feeding into Franklin received training on how to reach out to boys. And high school teachers will continue the gender-sensitivity classes they began last school year.
But reversing the trend will not be easy. In classrooms nationwide, girls are pulling ahead of boys academically. Recent federal testing data show that what starts out as a modest gap in elementary-level reading scores turns into a yawning divide by high school. In 12th grade, 44% of girls rate as proficient readers on federal tests, compared with 28% of boys. And while boys still score slightly higher on federal math and science exams, their advantage is slipping.
Most startling is that little is being done to correct the imbalances. All of the major players schools, education colleges and researchers largely ignore the gender gap. Instead of pursuing sound solutions, many educators merely advocate prescribing more attention-focusing Ritalin (news - web sites) for the boys, who receive the drug at four to eight times the rate of girls, according to different estimates. “Too often the first reaction to an attention problem is ‘Let’s medicate,’ “ says Rockville, Md., child psychologist Neil Hoffman. “Some schools are quick to recommend solutions before they’ve fully evaluated the problem.”
Now I can understand why my youngest son is so into looking in the mirror & fussing over his hair.
Very interesting. Thanks for posting.
There were plenty of fops in the old days too.
This article was from 1997
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Modern living is hitting men right where it hurts the most, with sperm counts falling more quickly than anyone thought, U.S. researchers said Monday.
Experts who set out to dispel fears of falling sperm counts found they were even lower than had been reported. “I think this study will change the debate about sperm decline from ‘if’ to ‘why’,” said Shanna Swan, chief of the reproductive epidemiology section at the California Department of Health Services, who led the study.
“feminize” boys make good serfs when they grow up!
Is this corporate game plan? Naw, they would do that!
“Something is going on.”
Regarding early puberty in girls. I have long believed and think I read it years ago that our high sugar consumption has something to do with early puberty. I was allowed very little sugar, only developed one cavity a year starting in high school where the lunch had a sweet dessert each day. I remember wondering with my mother why my monthly had not started and I was already 14 years old. If you are afraid your daughter will start early, with attendant pregnancy fears, start restricting sugar, the earlier the better.
Someone mentioned big Pharma pushing anti-depressants to pregnant women. One of the biggest pushers of sugar decades ago was a Dr. Stare of Harvard University. I think he was subsidized by the sugar industry.
A fish oil a day would do the same thing.
Phth-phth-phth-phthalates!
how about bc pills having something to do with girls maturing faster? Plastics are in almost everything..
how about bc pills having something to do with girls maturing faster? Plastics are in almost everything..
This article speaks about that..
Taking the pill for past 40 years ‘has put women off masculine men’
It ushered in the 1960s sexual revolution and gave women control over their own fertility.
But the Pill may also have changed women’s taste in men, according to a study.
Scientists say the hormones in the oral contraceptive suppress a woman’s interest in masculine men and make boyish men more attractive. Although the change occurs for just a few days each month, it may have been highly influential since use of the Pill began more than 40 years ago.
How reliable was the study..how controlled and was lifestle considered?
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