Posted on 09/09/2013 6:19:41 PM PDT by Pharmboy
KidsChemicalSafety.org provides up-to-date health information on chemical hazards and safe use of chemicals around children, so we asked Dr. Micheal Dourson, of Toxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment (TERA), to comment on a recent article, Eng et al. (2013) that found higher levels of bisphenol A were associated with several measures of obesity in children.
Specifically, children exposed to higher levels of bisphenol A had increased odds of having a body mass index in the 95th percentile (i.e., greater than 95% of all children) and a waist circumference to height ratio (WC) greater than a value of 0.5. However, several other measures of obesity were unaffected, such as abnormal body fat percentage, BMI and WC thresholds below 95th percentile, and other laboratory measurements of cardiovascular disease and diabetes (e.g., total cholesterol, HDL, LDL, fasting triglycerides, insulin resistance, and fasting glucose).
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There are different types of studies; there are pre-clinical studies, clinical studies and observational studies. This was the latter. Scientists understand the strengths and weaknesses of all types of studies (and there are many sub-groups of the ones I mentioned). Chill.
Though it's not scientific, I can certainly agree with the above statement. But IMO, at the least, a lot of the feminizing of the adolescent male is socially induced from early on, along with the blurring of the sexes.
That fish oil “study” just pushed my button. I haven’t quite calmed down from that.
So your argument is that it’s ‘socially’ possible to influence sperm counts and male secondary sexual characteristics?
BTW, it’s also suspected that BPA masculinizes the women.
Noticed any aggressive masculine women in the under 40 age group?
Yes, they do.
Our family avoids all of them. Particularly ones that are involved with food in some manner.
What makes this particularly aggravating are the media who jump up and down and wave their arms regarding the flimsiest of evidence...and people like Dr. Oz are even worse (he should know better).
But this is just one piece of data that does add to the data from other studies...all it tells me is 'be aware.'
When Black Agnes began sending me stuff on this I was very skeptical, but then I did my own search on PubMed and found some very disturbing material. Bisphenol A may not be as innocent as the FDA and other 'experts' tells us it is.
No, I didn't say that. I was referring to feminizing in a behavioral sense.
I had been pooh-poohing questions about BPA (Bisphenol A, a component that leaches out of many plastics) that [wife's name] had been putting to me over the years after she received email warning her of the dangers (leaving water bottles in a hot car, etc.).
Well, she was right and I was wrong (not the first time).
There is a science forum on a website that I frequent (free republic) and I have followed the discussions on this subject. They got my interest, and research has convinced me that there may very well be something to this. The biggest danger appears to be heating or storing hot food in the bad plastic (plastic with the 3, 6 or 7 in the recyclable-labeling triangles).
For children and newborns especially, one should avoid these plastics. There are significant and increasing amounts of data (animal and human) that BPAs can lead to sexual hormone issues and obesity.
If they’re having fewer swimmers and overall ‘issues’ wrt their male parts (see the plosone study), it would make sense that they would be increasingly behaviorally feminized.
There are times in a males development when testosterone surges. And the brain is subsequently masculinized. Prenatally, from 2-4m, right around the time they start school, and of course puberty. Inadequate boy parts would be unable to sufficiently or adequately perform this surge and subsequent masculinization.
Seen all the little boys who want to play dress up princess? How many boys in your generation could have been ‘made’ to behave in such a way and go to school dressed like that? Even IF your mom had ‘made you’?
Depending on generational structure, the little boys today are either f1, f2 or in some cases f3 from the original introduction of BPA into the food supply (via containers and serving pieces) in the late 1960’s.
“Kids are fat today because they’re sitting on their a$$es playing video games,doing facebook and watching 300 channels.Fifty years ago kids were riding bikes and playing ball.”
Yeah, I would say that would have a much higher correlation.
People avoid canned food because of the BPA can lining, but cash register receipts have 250 to 1,000 times more BPA. It is what makes the inkless heat-activated printing work.
Do not let kids touch receipts!
Interesting. Thanks!
Interesting and scary.
This is an interesting thread that Pharmboy posted this morning (9/10/13):
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3065012/posts
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