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Punchline: "Female [rat] offspring administered BPA and a combination of BPA and low-dose DEHP displayed less anxiety in the Open Field Test, which measures ac

Punchline: "Female [rat] offspring administered BPA and a combination of BPA and low-dose DEHP displayed less anxiety in the Open Field Test, which measures activity and exploratory behavior. However, male offspring administered high-dose DEHP showed feminized anxiety-like behavior in a maze."

tremon 4y ago
I wouldn't call that a punchline, that's just one of the stated observations. This would be closer to the punchline: “Our study confirms sex-specific behavioral changes in offspring as a result of these exposures, highlighting the fact that exposure to these chemicals should be avoided during pregnancy” But the article is short enough to read in its entirety. I find all the observations alarming, not just that one, given how prevalent BPA use has been in the past decades.
- jvanderbot 4y ago
  I'd add your alternative punchline, but between the two of us, we'd have reproduced the "article"
ParksNet 4y ago
I wonder if many of the gender dysphoria issues and related politics we're seeing now have an underlying factor of hormone disruption due to widespread pollution. We should be pursuing the banning of bisphenols, phthalates, and PFAS for any products that touch food or water (or eventually leach into groundwater) as a strategic priority.
- rib3ye 4y ago
  If you're making the connection that gender dysphoria could be "prevented" through environmental and FDA protections maybe you should be working in politics.
  - bhouston 4y ago
    It is hard to know for sure if it isn't studied. Environmental pollution can disrupt sexual development in animals. There are a number of chemicals that frogs are sensitive too that mess with their sexual development. Here is the first google hit I can find: https://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2002/04/15_frogs.html https://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2002/04/15_frog...
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- bhouston 4y ago
  > I wonder if many of the gender dysphoria issues and related politics we're seeing now have an underlying factor of hormone disruption due to widespread pollution. It is worth more research into this. Hard to make predictions but having environmental causes underlying some of these trends, at least to a degree, is possible. I think the lower fertility rate among first world nations is also partially tied into endocrine disruptors as well.

tremon 4y ago

I wouldn't call that a punchline, that's just one of the stated observations. This would be closer to the punchline: “Our study confirms sex-specific behavioral changes in offspring as a result of these exposures, highlighting the fact that exposure to these chemicals should be avoided during pregnancy” But the article is short enough to read in its entirety. I find all the observations alarming, not just that one, given how prevalent BPA use has been in the past decades.

jvanderbot 4y ago
I'd add your alternative punchline, but between the two of us, we'd have reproduced the "article"

ParksNet 4y ago

I wonder if many of the gender dysphoria issues and related politics we're seeing now have an underlying factor of hormone disruption due to widespread pollution. We should be pursuing the banning of bisphenols, phthalates, and PFAS for any products that touch food or water (or eventually leach into groundwater) as a strategic priority.

rib3ye 4y ago
If you're making the connection that gender dysphoria could be "prevented" through environmental and FDA protections maybe you should be working in politics.
- bhouston 4y ago
  It is hard to know for sure if it isn't studied. Environmental pollution can disrupt sexual development in animals. There are a number of chemicals that frogs are sensitive too that mess with their sexual development. Here is the first google hit I can find: https://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2002/04/15_frogs.html https://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2002/04/15_frog...
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bhouston 4y ago
> I wonder if many of the gender dysphoria issues and related politics we're seeing now have an underlying factor of hormone disruption due to widespread pollution. It is worth more research into this. Hard to make predictions but having environmental causes underlying some of these trends, at least to a degree, is possible. I think the lower fertility rate among first world nations is also partially tied into endocrine disruptors as well.