Archive for October 7th, 2008

Forget vaccines and Autism, forget cancer, here is something that the scientists of the world need to jump on!!!

Do Babies Exposed to Phthalates Have Smaller Penises?

Via Treehugger (emphasis mine):

Phthalates, the plasticizer used to make vinyl soft, have been known to be a gender-bender that has been shown to affect the masculinity of rats. Even the Bush Administration, not renowned for its defence of the public against the chemical companies, has banned it from childrens’ toys.

Now new research has found new evidence of “phthalate syndrome”- smaller penises, and undescended or incompletely descended testicles- in humans. Shanna Swan, director of the Center for Reproductive Epidemiology at the University of Rochester’s school of medicine, who led the research, says phthalates are “”probably reproductive toxins and should be eliminated from products gradually because we don’t need them.”

ZOMG!!11!1 We can’t let this become an epidemic!

Of course the American Chemistry Council, representing the companies that make the chemical (Exxon Mobil, BASF, Ferro Corp., and Eastman Chemical) warns us to be “cautioned against over-interpreting any individual study.”

Of course they would downplay the risk. It’s a conspiracy to shrink our dicks!!! I wouldn’t be surprised if these companies had a direct connection to the witches in Africa stealing penises. Someone needs to measure the phthalate concentrations in Africa. It can’t be a coincidence.