Precious bodily fluids.
Posted on 04/08/2010 6:19:48 AM PDT by fight_truth_decay
Researchers investigating the use of phenols, phthalates and phytoestrogens, used in packaging as well as perfumes, lotions and shampoos, has found evidence they can cause harm by interfering with the body's hormones.
A study of the effects of the three compounds on 1,151 pre-pubescent girls in the US found they caused a variety of problems in puberty.
Dr Mary Wolff, an oncologist at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, said: "Research has shown that early pubertal development in girls can have adverse social and medical effects, including cancer and diabetes later in life.
"Our research shows a connection between chemicals that girls are exposed to on a daily basis and either delayed or early development. While more research is needed, these data are an important first step in continuing to evaluate the impact of these common environmental agents in putting girls at risk."
The chemicals increase durability in nail polishes and add fragrance to perfumes, lotions, and shampoos. Some are also used to increase the flexibility of plastics such as PVC, and as coatings on medications and nutritional supplements.
Phthalates are banned in cosmetics in Europe but are allowed in the United States.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
I'd bet there's more of a connection with sexualized imagery in media with the consequent release of neurotransmitters and hormones.
Of course, who'd fund that study?
Sponsored by the Trial Lawyers of America?
I know a guy whose daughter started to go through puberty at age 8. Really freaked out the mother as you might imagine. They gave her hormone treatments to kind of hold things off for a few years. They never did identify a cause though.
Funny, I thought it was related to the hormones we have in our dairy cows, to promote them to produce milk. I know it’s purely conjecture on my part, but 100% of the girls who lived on a dairy farm while I grew up with in rurual S.Dakota ‘matured’ quite early, compared to the city girls.
These girls grew up on fresh milk, right from the Separator (cream rises to the top, whole milk on the bottom). No homogenation - so they drank what the cow produced. So, while most 8th grade girls were just getting into training bras, these girls where in the ‘C’ and ‘D’ cup range. As a young boy - I noticed that.
Age 8? What will that poor child look like when she is 30?
It’s the hormones in milk.
Fluoridation?
Nah, it’s Milk production hormones.
These phthalates have been implicated in a thing called Oppositional Defiant Disorder in children whose mothers drank a lot of bottled water. IIRC, lower birth weight occurred also.
Yes, many point to regular milk, a motivator for the organic milk market.
Precious bodily fluids.
Dr. Wolff is Director of the Center for Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research, an NIH/EPA-funded multidisciplinary research program now in its eighth year. In addition, her group is investigating environmental and genetic risks for early puberty in Black and Latina children,
Hits all the correct PC buttons. "Let the Chinese make the plastic; it's for the children." They tried the same crap with pthalate esters and deformed frogs, until the virus causing the problem was identified as the explicit cause.
The biggest factor besides heredity in pubertal onset is body fat, nutrition, and level of exercise. Combine higher fat, calorie dense diets with low levels of exercise and a girl’s body tells itself it’s ready for childbearing a heck of a lot quicker than a pre-teen from 1782 who is hauling well-water three times a day and eating meat twice a week.
my niece just turned 9 and is already developing...
something crazy is going on.
Years ago it was the water supply.
Probably very nice, if she gets strong and fit young and stays that way!
Not age 8 .... 8th grade (12-13 yrs old).
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