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  1. Sapien

    Just how bad is plastic bottled water?

    Since buying and installing a RO filter is out of my budget atm, I drink distilled water from gallon jugs. Is this a better alternative to fluoridated tap water? Any studies that show ppm of plastic in bottled water? Would estrogen antagonists such as vitamin e, Gonadin reduce/eliminate...
  2. haidut

    Downtrend of sperm count, penis length accelerating; humans now endangered species

    A number of eminent fertility experts are now sounding a dire alarm in regards to the human species. What used to be mostly the stuff of girls-night-out jokes in regards to the size of a male's member has now apparently acquired catastrophic proportions due to male penis size emerging as a...
    • haidut
    • Thread
    • bpa endocrine disruptor fertility penis length plastic sperm count stress testosterone
    • Replies: 64
    • Forum: Scientific Studies
  3. haidut

    DHT blocks, androgen antagonists promote breast cancer

    The first claim of the title is already well-known to my readers and to clinical practice. DHT was clinically used back in the middle of the 20th century as a treatment for breast cancer, and the synthetic androgen Drostanolone (Masteron), which still retains its approval by FDA for breast...
    • haidut
    • Thread
    • anti-androgen bpa breast cancer dht endocrine disruptor estradiol estrogen plastic
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Scientific Studies
  4. Sitaruîm

    Our Toxic Surroundings

    If we had to say things concisely, one of the biggest problems with the world is that we have meddled with the elements in such a way that we are being made to pay for it. Our bodies interact with the environment they are in, and now microplastics have been found in human blood. Are our bodies...
  5. cupofcoffee

    Dr. Shanna Swan on How Plastics in Food are Affecting Our Hormone Levels

  6. Mito

    Seafood Study Finds Plastic In All Samples

    “A study of five different seafoods has found traces of plastic in every sample tested. Researchers bought oysters, prawns, squid, crabs and sardines from a market in Australia and analysed them using a newly developed method that identifies and measures five different plastic types...
  7. haidut

    A Piece Of Plastic Can Learn Through Training, Just Like Animals

    The house of cards that is modern "science" continues to crumble, albeit slowly. Several years ago I made a post on the ability of an "inanimate" piece of matter (dough) to learn simple behaviors through repetitive training, akin to the widely publicized "Pavlov dog". The dough study references...
    • haidut
    • Thread
    • animate behavior conditioning inaminate jc bose learning matter plastic
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Scientific Studies
  8. haidut

    Endocrine Disruptors (BPA) Can Cause Autism Several Generations Later

    In one of his recent newsletters, as well several KMUD interviews, Peat mentioned that the effects of GMO foods and other environmental toxins would not be immediately visible. In fact, they would take several generations to manifest and by the say third, forth, fifth generations we would start...
    • haidut
    • Thread
    • antiandrogenic autism bpa brain damage cause endocrine disruptor environmental epigenetic estrogenic goitrogen neurological disorder plastic transgenerational
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Scientific Studies
  9. haidut

    Bpa-free Plastic Just As Dangerous As One With Bpa

    The dangers of the so-called plasticisers are well-known and have been known for decades. Despite the extensive research, FDA refuses to ban these chemicals that are banned in many other countries. I recently posted a study on the mechanism through which the plasticisers cause damage...
    • haidut
    • Thread
    • bpa bps disruptor endocrine estrogen plastic plasticiers thyroid
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: Scientific Studies
  10. haidut

    Plasticisers (bpa, Dehp) Boost Pufa, Estrogen, Cortisol & Block Glucose Oxidation

    While the FDA continues to claim that BPA and other plastic derivatives are harmless since no known mechanism exists to explain their effects, the mechanisms of action have been quite well known for decades. BPA specifically is an estrogen "receptor" agonist more potent than estradiol, AND also...
    • haidut
    • Thread
    • bpa bps cortisol dehp estrogen glucose insulin obesity plastic pufa
    • Replies: 35
    • Forum: Scientific Studies
  11. Amazoniac

    Plastic toxins leaching. Concerns with contact with food

    Hello! Is anyone here aware of the possible toxins leached when appliances that have Plastic containers are used? Most of the blenders and food processors are in direct contact with food, and not rarely in an acidic environment, which speeds up the leaching process. For everyday use, does it...
  12. J

    Dairy For The Plastic Sensitive

    I'm sensitive to plastic, to the extent that water from a plastic bottle tastes disgusting to me and can't drink it. There are studies showing water from plastic containers is estrogenic. I have two tips to consume dairy from plastic containers. 1. Make farmers cheese When I make farmers...
    • j.
    • Thread
    • cheese diet plastic
    • Replies: 22
    • Forum: Dairy
  13. burtlancast

    New Study:Most Plastic Products Release Estrogenic Chemicals

    A published 2011 study reveals most plastics release bisphenol - like products, even those claiming not to. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/?term=1 ... hp.1003220
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