Men really are the weaker sex, according to a new scientific study that shows that the male gender – both in humans and in wildlife – is in danger due to pollution. A variety of common chemicals is ‘feminizing males’ of every class of vertebrate animals from fish to mammals.
The study is backed by some of the world’s leading scientists, who say that evolution itself is being disrupted due to chemicals that have “gender-bending” effects.
From The Independent:
It also follows hard on the heels of new American research which shows that baby boys born to women exposed to widespread chemicals in pregnancy are born with smaller penises and feminised genitals.
“This research shows that the basic male tool kit is under threat,” says Gwynne Lyons, a former government adviser on the health effects of chemicals, who wrote the report.
Wildlife and people have been exposed to more than 100,000 new chemicals in recent years, and the European Commission has admitted that 99 per cent of them are not adequately regulated. There is not even proper safety information on 85 per cent of them.
Many have been identified as “endocrine disrupters” – or gender-benders – because they interfere with hormones. These include phthalates, used in food wrapping, cosmetics and baby powders among other applications; flame retardants in furniture and electrical goods; PCBs, a now banned group of substances still widespread in food and the environment; and many pesticides.
The report concludes,
“Males of species from each of the main classes of vertebrate animals (including bony fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals) have been affected by chemicals in the environment.
“Feminisation of the males of numerous vertebrate species is now a widespread occurrence. All vertebrates have similar sex hormone receptors, which have been conserved in evolution. Therefore, observations in one species may serve to highlight pollution issues of concern for other vertebrates, including humans.”
In addition to the other pollutants named, scientists say that large amounts of female hormones in the form of contraceptive pills have been passing unaltered through sewage treatment and may be a major cause of this phenomenon.
Some species are responding to this by becoming hermaphrodites – as in the case of the Australian cane toad and some polar bears – or changing from males to females, as in the case of cockroaches. Fish seem to be affected more than other species. An astounding 50% of male fish in British lowland rivers have been found to be developing eggs in their testes.
So, it’s official: women are taking over the world. It’s all a grand scheme played out by ball-busting feminists intent on destroying men. They’ve been secretly pouring estrogen into your drinking water for decades, cackling as penises all over the world shrink ever-smaller.
But seriously, this is a major red flag. The fact that we’ve allowed so many chemicals to enter our waterways for so long is absurd – isn’t it obvious that there would be consequences? Seems as if humanity is on its way out, and mostly of our own doing. It’s like Mother Nature is telling us we had our chance, and we effed up big time.
Link [The Independent]
