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  • Of Penises and Pesticides - Are synthetic chemicals responsible for male shortcomings?

    05/07/2006 12:09:06 AM PDT · by neverdem · 12 replies · 396+ views
    Reason ^ | May 5, 2006 | Ronald Bailey
    Are synthetic chemicals responsible for male shortcomings?"Pesticides May Affect Penis Size, " runs the headline in the London Free Press. The first paragraph alarmingly reports that "A renowned U.S. scientist who has documented fertility and sex changes—including decreasing penis size—due to environmental contamination says he wouldn't apply pesticides on his own lawn." Whose sexual organs was the renowned scientist talking about? Alligator penises. Specifically, the penises of some American alligators that grew up in Florida's most polluted lake. In 1980 a massive industrial pesticide spill drained into Lake Apopka, contaminating it with high levels of pesticides with anti-androgenic activity. The...