Chemicals may damage male babies

Professor Sharpe said the chemicals appeared to suppress production of the male sex hormone testosterone.

"Testosterone is absolutely critical to development - most of the things that make males different to females are down to pre-natal exposure to the hormone.

"It is not just the effect on genital development, but also on tissues throughout the body, including the brain."


Chemicals may damage male babies

Could this explain the feminization of the male species? Exposure to these chemicals when males are in the womb could change they way their brains develop. I have heard that microwaving things in plastic, or cling wrap releases even more of these hormone affecting chemicals.