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One hypothesis, the rise of plastics really started to explode in to 40-50s and the first children to have grown up amidst that would have come of age starting
by dv_dt 9y ago
One hypothesis, the rise of plastics really started to explode in to 40-50s and the first children to have grown up amidst that would have come of age starting in to 60s. Estrogen mimics are often emitted by plastics and can interfere with testosterone.
It would be interesting to see if there are any differential analysis that can be done with more remote populations of humans which maybe don't have exposure.
- Houshalter 9y agoHere's a theory that it's caused by jet fuel: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3587983/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3587983/
- dv_dt 9y agoBecause many airborne pollutants are globally wide spread, studying a remote population might be doubly interesting, because one might be able to differentiate plastics exposure (theoretically lower in remote populations) from airborne pollutants (nearly the same exposure).