Guest guest Posted April 7, 2001 Report Share Posted April 7, 2001 , I'm lost...the point is very very interesting, but why is it politically incorrect to address this issue? Thanks, Jody _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 8, 2001 Report Share Posted April 8, 2001 Gee, , This is interesting! Our behavior is so driven by hormones and now we are becoming a mix of such strange chemistry! Who knows what we will become in a chemical-soup future or who we might be now, if our natural state were not lost forever. F > I meant to write about this before about hormone disruptors. I think I've > posted before about it but it was a while ago. > > Male animals as diverse as seals, seagulls and frogs are sometimes > exhibiting female type postures when they're sexually stimulated. This is > around the Mediterranean which has been contaminated with PCBs. Well, one > PCB is an estrogen mimic. All males and females have ratios of estrogen to > testosterone. This estrogen mimic is attaching to estrogen cell receptors > which is probably causing these males to exhibit female-type behavior (their > cells " think " their estrogen:testosterone ratio is too high). > > The one thing they have in common even though frogs are pretty primitive is > that they are all vertebrates. Estrogen is highly conserved meaning that it > has stayed pretty much the same over the course of evolution. Seals are > much more closely related to humans (both are mammals) than seals are to > frogs. To think this can't be impacting humans also is ridiculous. Yet > it's now politically incorrect to address this. > > OK. Got my two-cents in. > > Take care, > > > Re: Migraine Headaches > > > > Hi , > > yes, it was a great tape. I imagine that with the increased estrogen > levels > > caused by endocrine disruptors, exposed males would be more at risk. And > > studies show that the rate of autoimmune disease in men is rising, > especially > > now that there are more diagnostic tests and the life span has increased. > > Endocrine disruptors are also responsible for many behavioral changes in > > animals...people haven't been studied yet. For instance, female birds > exposed > > to hormonal disruptors tended to lose their maternal instincts. The > > researchers described it as akin to apathy. In light of all the violence > in > > society today, I wonder about this endocrine disruptor connection a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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