Is this serious or scaremongering?
"For several years now, phthalates, dangerous chemicals found in various plastic and care products, have been marked as a possible cause of the general decline in fertility around the world. Now Israeli researchers have discovered that these chemicals are being absorbed into women's ovaries. What does this mean?
In recent years, there has been an alarming phenomenon of a significant decrease in fertility throughout the Western world, and about 15% of all women are unable to become pregnant without medical assistance.The reasons for this are varied, and include, among other things, exposure to a wide range of chemicals from various sources which disrupt the body’s natural hormonal activity. ...
A new and groundbreaking Israeli study found that one group of chemicals called phthalates, which are in so many plastics, cosmetics and other consumer products that it’s almost impossible to avoid them completely, are being stored in women’s ovaries. ...
Phthalates are considered endocrine-disrupting compounds (EDCs), substances that mimic or inhibit the activity of various hormones in humans and thus disrupt normal hormonal activity, which impairs, among other things, the fertility of men and women. ...
They relied on samples collected from 105 women doing IVF at Sheba. The results weren’t encouraging: Of the 12 different types of phthalate metabolites tested, 11 were found in at least one sample. In the follicular fluid of 76% of the women, seven different types of phthalate metabolites were found simultaneously, and in five of the subjects, no less than 10 different phthalate metabolites were seen. ..."
A new and groundbreaking Israeli study found that one group of chemicals called phthalates, which are in so many plastics, cosmetics and other consumer products that it’s almost impossible to avoid them completely, are being stored in women’s ovaries. ...
Phthalates are considered endocrine-disrupting compounds (EDCs), substances that mimic or inhibit the activity of various hormones in humans and thus disrupt normal hormonal activity, which impairs, among other things, the fertility of men and women. ...
They relied on samples collected from 105 women doing IVF at Sheba. The results weren’t encouraging: Of the 12 different types of phthalate metabolites tested, 11 were found in at least one sample. In the follicular fluid of 76% of the women, seven different types of phthalate metabolites were found simultaneously, and in five of the subjects, no less than 10 different phthalate metabolites were seen. ..."
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