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Plastic chemicals 'feminise boys'
news.bbc.co.uk - 11/16/2009
Plastic chemicals 'feminise boys'
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Chemicals in plastics alter the brains of baby boys, making them "more feminine", say US researchers. Males exposed to high doses in the womb went on to be less likely to play with boys' toys like cars or to join in rough and tumble games, they found. The University of Rochester team's latest ...
Study: Chemical In Plastics Making Boys Less Boy-ish?
growingyourbaby.com - 11/17/2009
Study: Chemical In Plastics Making Boys Less Boy-ish?
— growingyourbaby.com — Chemicals found in many plastics are causing little boys to act more like little girls, according to... new research. The study suggests that boys who are exposed to certain plastics while in utero are apt to have these behaviour changes. A team of researchers at the University of Rochester ... (more) Study: Chemical In Plastics Making Boys Less Boy-ish?
Comments vote down growingyourbaby growingyourbaby posted 11/17/2009posted this
From the Washington Toxics Coalition: Babies Exposed To Chemicals Found in Everyday Consumer Products Before They Are Born
non-toxickids.net - 11/18/2009
From the Washington Toxics Coalition: Babies Exposed To Chemicals Found in Everyday Consumer ...
— non-toxickids.net — Add this to the chorus....Babies shouldn't be born prepolluted! Check out this information about a new study... from the Washington Toxics Coalition. "Babies enter the world already having been exposed in the womb to chemicals from common everyday consumer products, according to a new study by ... (more) From the Washington Toxics Coalition: Babies Exposed To ...
Comments vote down katyf katyf posted 11/18/2009posted this

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LilSugar:  Yet Another Reason to Steer Clear of Plastics

MomLogic:  Plastic Makes Boys Feminine

Strollerderby:  Chemicals in Plastics are “Gender Benders”

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Yet Another Reason to Steer Clear of Plastics
LilSugar — ... . In a recent study, British researchers found that certain phthalates were not only affecting male genitalia, but their behavior, too. Boys who were exposed to higher amounts of the chemical were less interested in the stereotypical car toys and less apt to play in a rough and tumble manner. Elizabeth Salter-Green, director of the chemicals campaign group CHEM Trust said: ...

Plastic Makes Boys Feminine
MomLogic — ... , to which we are all constantly exposed, are extremely worrying from a health perspective, leading to disruption of male reproduction health and, it appears, male behavior too," Elizabeth Salter-Green, director of the chemicals campaign group CHEM Trust, told BBC News. "This feminizing capacity of ...

Chemicals in Plastics are “Gender Benders”
Strollerderby — ... A team of  scientists has found that chemicals commonly found in some plastics can make boys more like girls. ...

DT Friday Freakout, Meet DT Monday Meltdown
Daddy Types — By now it's [week-]old news that in addition to all those genital deformities, fetal exposure to phthalates "feminises" boys, i.e., makes their mothers say they don't want to play with cars. [ bbc ; ...

Related: for boys that need to be more feminine
Proudly Pro-Phthalate — MomLogic
I question the findings of a new study that says that phthalates make boys less masculine. Amongst other problems, what's so wrong with a little less roughhousing and playing with toy trucks?
The Girl Revolution — The Girl Revolution
When I started The Girl Revolution I had experience being a daughter, girlfriend, wife and mother of a very young girl. It would be fair to say that I believed boys and girls are “basically the same except for social conditioning.” The social conditioning appeared to be more ...