Shanna Swan has been investigating the impact of chemicals on human fertility for decades

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    “For more than two decades she has devoted her life to studying the effects of “endocrine disrupting” chemicals(opens a new window) (EDCs), which can interfere with the body’s natural hormones. These include pesticides, bisphenols(opens a new window), which harden plastic so it can be used in food storage containers and baby bottles, and phthalates(opens a new window), which soften plastic for use in packaging and products such as garden hoses. In recent years, traces of EDCs have been found in breast milk, placental tissue, urine, blood and seminal fluid.”

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    I would have paid to be at this conference:

    Then Swan got to the “ass-ball connector”. A slang term for ano-genital distance (AGD), the span from the anus to the base of the penis, it is “also known as ‘the taint’, the gooch’ and 'the grundle” she told the crowd in Copenhagen.

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        I stand corrected, my guess was wrong!

        It’s very frustrating, feels like as end-users & citizens we have no control over our exposure to these chemicals.

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          We don’t. And bisphenols are in a TON of plastic (including the plastic food and drink comes in and is kept in) which lower testosterone and raise estrogen levels.