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    I suppose that means there's way too much plastic in Japan and Hong Kong?
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    So women should not eat plastic chemicals during pregnancy? What about plastic explosives?


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    Unless they're having girls, and they want super-feminine girls.

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    Apparently, the one for us adult males to stay away from is BPA.
    http://abcnews.go.com/Health/MensHea...ory?id=9048200
    While environmental groups have sounded the alarm about the presence of bisphenol-A, or BPA, in products such as infant formula, baby bottles and other plastics, a new study provides some of the first evidence that the chemical can be harmful to humans, linking it to sexual dysfunction in men in high doses.
    I remember reading a while back about the high levels of estrogen/progestin in the water supply from birth control pills. Basically, men are all just turning into .
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    Quote Originally Posted by drone View Post
    Apparently, the one for us adult males to stay away from is BPA.
    http://abcnews.go.com/Health/MensHea...ory?id=9048200


    I remember reading a while back about the high levels of estrogen/progestin in the water supply from birth control pills. Basically, men are all just turning into .
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    "There has been no human studies, at least in the context of the male reproductive system, so this has been dismissed by some critics," he said of the potential harms BPA may pose.
    Like me.
    I so hate stories like these. The inference they're trying to make is when exposed to substance A in massive amounts, it causes health problems. Therefore, when people are exposed to trace amounts, it must also be harmful. Clearly this must be the case... I mean if u drink too much water, it will poison you. Therefore, any exposure to it is bad.

    I'm convinced BPA hysteria is just the latest in the anti-chemical fad.....
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    Apparently the issue is doublefold:

    http://www.villagevoice.com/2005-03-...-diesel-fumes/

    But these figures just scratch the surface, apparently. Research has found, according to some experts, that diesel fumes degrade the immune system and interfere with hormones, reducing sperm production, masculinizing female rats, and changing the development of baby rats.
    Though the issue of decling sperm count and feminization has received more attention, and carries more risk.

    EDIT - Here's a more detailed summary: http://www.ehponline.org/docs/2001/1.../abstract.html

    Our study provides evidence for the first time that inhalation of diesel exhaust during pregnancy masculinizes fetuses through accumulation of testosterone in mother rats. These experiments also showed that the elevated testosterone levels did not result from accelerated maternal adrenal functions. The feto-placental-ovarian unit and the inhibition of aromatase activities and synthesis caused by inhalation might have played essential roles in the accumulation of testosterone.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Xiahou View Post
    I'm convinced BPA hysteria is just the latest in the anti-chemical fad.....
    Yeah, same here. They will eventually get around banning everything. Meanwhile, let us poison those hippies with hemlock, handing it to them, saying 'drink this - it is natural; an herb'...

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    Snake Venom is natural

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    Quote Originally Posted by Subotan View Post
    Unless they're having girls, and they want super-feminine girls.
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    Well, it depends. Is the femininity purely psychological, or or we talking biological as well?

    Ugh, I sound like Meth

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