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Chemicals in plastic 'are making women less interested in sex'
Daily Mail (London) ^ | Oct. 20, 2014 | FIONA MACRAE

Posted on 10/20/2014 8:28:07 PM PDT by Pharmboy

Full headline: Chemicals in plastic 'are making women less interested in sex': Low libido linked to additives used to soften materials found in every home PVC flooring and plastic shower curtains could lower women's libido Women with high levels of phthalates more likely to say no to sex Additives are man-made chemicals thought to interfere with hormones Tiny particles enter our systems through eating and breathing

Chemicals found in PVC flooring, plastic shower curtains, processed food and other trappings of modern life may be sapping women’s interest in sex. A study has linked low libido with the additives used to soften plastics which are found in every home. Women with the highest levels of phthalates in their bodies were more than twice as likely to say ‘not tonight dear’ as those with the lowest amounts.

Phthalates are man-made chemicals thought to interfere with the natural hormones that are crucial to overall health. They are found in everything from PVC flooring and shower curtains to car dashboards – and may also be in our food. Tiny particles can enter our systems either through breathing or eating. Previous studies have linked them to diabetes and asthma. They have also been blamed for feminising the brains of baby boys and last year the World Health Organisation warned they have ‘serious implications for health’.

In the first study of its kind, Dr Emily Barrett, of the University of Rochester School of Medicine in the US, measured levels of phthalates in the urine of 360 pregnant women in their 20s and 30s. She also asked them how often they lost interest in sex in the months leading up to their pregnancy. Those with the most phthalates in their bodies were two and a half times as likely to say they had frequently lacked interest...

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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: chemicals; plastic; sex
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Endocrine disruptors is how they are sometimes referred.
1 posted on 10/20/2014 8:28:07 PM PDT by Pharmboy
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To: Black Agnes

Well, well, well...lookee here.


2 posted on 10/20/2014 8:29:02 PM PDT by Pharmboy (Democrats lie because they must.)
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To: Pharmboy

And here I thought I was losing my magnetism.


3 posted on 10/20/2014 8:31:19 PM PDT by rey
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To: Pharmboy

Q: What food makes women less interested in sex?
A: Wedding cake.


4 posted on 10/20/2014 8:31:34 PM PDT by Signalman
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To: Pharmboy

I knew it couldn’t be me.


5 posted on 10/20/2014 8:32:04 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Obola brought to you by demorats. Hope you like your Change and live to tell it.)
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To: Pharmboy
Phthalates are man-made chemicals....

Naturally, it's a man's fault.

6 posted on 10/20/2014 8:32:54 PM PDT by ncdrumr (Oooh, SarahCUda!)
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To: Pharmboy
So that is what the problem is?

They sure come up with a lot of other excuses........

7 posted on 10/20/2014 8:39:47 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: Pharmboy

That would be me.

I thought it was more the plastic containers, though. Hardly around shower curtains and none of our floors are fake.


8 posted on 10/20/2014 8:42:34 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: Pharmboy

Darn those plastics!

9 posted on 10/20/2014 8:44:17 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy ("Now is not the time for fear. That comes later.")
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To: Pharmboy

The question is, what is the antidote?


10 posted on 10/20/2014 8:46:13 PM PDT by jonrick46 (The opium of Communists: other people's money.)
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To: Pharmboy

Sure. 360 women were less interested in sex — and they’re all pregnant! LOL


11 posted on 10/20/2014 8:47:38 PM PDT by FoxInSocks ("Hope is not a course of action." -- M. O'Neal, USMC)
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To: Pharmboy; laz

I will not be satisfied until Laz comments.


12 posted on 10/20/2014 8:49:20 PM PDT by Ouchthatonehurt ("When you're going through hell, keep going." - Sir Winston Churchill)
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To: Pharmboy

Ripper: Mandrake. Mandrake, have you never wondered why the base showers only have glass enclosures and tile floors?

Mandrake: Well it did occur to me, Jack, yes.

Ripper: Have you ever heard of a thing called phthalate? Phthalation of plastics?

Mandrake: Ah, yes, I have heard of that, Jack. Yes.

Ripper: Well do you now what it is?

Mandrake: No. No, I don't know what it is. No.

Ripper: Do you realize that phthalation is the most monstrously conceived and dangerous feminist plot we have ever had to face?

Ripper: Mandrake, do you realize that in addition to phthalation flooring, why, there are studies underway to phthalate shower curtains, pipes, car dashboards, water bottles, sippy cups? Sippy cups, Mandrake. Children's sippy cups?

Mandrake: Good Lord.

Ripper: You know when phthalation first began?

Mandrake: No. No, I don't, Jack. No.

Ripper: Nineteen hundred and sixty-three. Nineteen sixty-three, Mandrake. How does that coincide with your postwar feminist conspiracy, huh? It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual, and certainly without any choice. That's the way your hard core feminist works.

Mandrake: Jack... Jack, listen, tell me, ah... when did you first become, well, develop this theory.

Ripper: Well, I ah, I I first became aware of it, Mandrake, during the physical act of love.

Mandrake: sighs fearfully

Ripper: Yes a profound sense of apathy and disinterest by my partner. Luckily I was able to interpret these feelings correctly: loss of essence.

Mandrake: Yes...

Ripper: I can assure you it has not recurred, Mandrake. Women... women sense my power, and they seek the life essence. I do not avoid women, Mandrake, and now they beg for my essence.

Mandrake: Heh heh... yes.

13 posted on 10/20/2014 8:49:21 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (The IRS: either criminally irresponsible in backup procedures or criminally responsible of coverup.)
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To: Pharmboy

My wife must be a plastic-oholic.


14 posted on 10/20/2014 8:52:30 PM PDT by Two Kids' Dad (((( ))))
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To: Pharmboy

Are these chemicals in their vibrators?


15 posted on 10/20/2014 8:53:07 PM PDT by sagar
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To: sagar
Insidious, isn't it.
16 posted on 10/20/2014 8:56:00 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: Pharmboy

Looks like Muhammad needs to up it to 144 virgins.


17 posted on 10/20/2014 8:57:23 PM PDT by pleasenotcalifornia
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To: RegulatorCountry; shibumi

Apparently, I’m immune to the stuff.


18 posted on 10/20/2014 8:59:32 PM PDT by Salamander (People will stare. Make it worth their while.)
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To: Pharmboy

Well, lower libido is the least phenol and phtalates-related health issue you may experience. What about cancer, allergies, hair loss and so on? On the other hand it is a non-issue when we are talking about quality plastics. You can usually smell these chemicals in unsafe plastic products. If the standards for consumer goods are so low in your area and things like that are available for sell at least use your nose while shopping.


19 posted on 10/20/2014 9:02:37 PM PDT by wetphoenix
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To: KarlInOhio

Highly creative, sir!


20 posted on 10/20/2014 9:05:52 PM PDT by Pharmboy (Democrats lie because they must.)
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