One of hot topic articles published that can gather thousands of comments is the topic of transgender youth who need emotional support and understanding not condemnation and bullying, which causes suicides to be higher among transgender individuals. Actually, this constant mislabeling by both sides is what's not helping, as neither provides the answers these individual and society itself need to come to understand the underlying problem that resolves the whole issue. Calls for normalization or bullying doesn't resolve it. Both sides are wrong to pushing the agenda of normalization and mental illness.
Technically debated, normalization is the resolve of the answer but not the answer itself. People simply won't have any choice, and that will become clearer as the population of kids growing up confused as to whether they are a boy or a girl, continues to increase. Just as technically debated, others won't have any other choice but to accept normalization as they themselves fall victim to that which these confused individuals fell victim to, and find common ground to their victimhood. Once all involved become victims than all that anger bottled up can be pointed at the culprit instead of the victims, including all those being paid to try normalize something that they themselves are now faced suffering the consequences of.
That's how this all stops and the finger justly gets pointed at those at fault. The petroleum industry and congressional members who refuse to acknowledge the harms being caused by increased use of plastic in our food production and packaging. That's what has taken place in the UK recently where a ban is taking place concerning plastic use in the production and manufacturing of their food. The entire EU is on board with it. Their conclusion was that what was once considered in low doses as safe is no longer considered safe when over a lifetime, small accumulations here or there from product use, a little here, a littler there, started adding up over one's lifetime to be damaging in a number of ways to individuals health because of plastics increasing use in nearly every aspect of food production and manufacturing. A little dab will no longer do ya, it'll kill ya.
The whole of Europe is outfront of issues than the US, they don't tend to bury their heads in the sand as long as the US, which tends to keep their heads buried while digging in their heels simultaneously. Take for instance the use of BPA in baby bottles, nipples and other items. Most people probably don't even realize that the industry voluntarily chose to stop using BPA in baby items before the government ban. Before the government banned the use, they did a study where they gave mice 100 to 1000 time more BPA than what people are exposed to:
The study orally dosed pregnant rodents with 100-1000 times more BPA than people are exposed to through food, and could not detect the active form of BPA in the fetus 8 hours after the mother's exposure.
Wow, imagine that, a whole eight hours, at least the study linked below, did low to high dosages and allowed the mice to reach adulthood before coming to a conclusion. But it gets worse, the only reason they banned the use of BPA in baby items was parents outrage that continued long after the industry banned the use. Parents wanted to be assured it could never be used again. So, to quell the flames of anger, they banned it but not without mentioning it wasn't banned over safety issues.
An amendment of the food additive regulations based on abandonment is not based on safety, but is based on the fact that the regulatory authorization is no longer necessary for the specific use of the food additive because that use has been permanently and completely abandoned. The safety of a food additive is not relevant to FDA’s determination regarding whether a certain use of that food additive has been abandoned.
If the problem no longer exist, there's no need to further be bothered. The problem still does exist, just not in baby items. This is also no longer just about baby items, this is about everybody, and goes way beyond just confusing kids over what sex they are. There isn't a week that goes by now where there isn't a new study citing the detrimental health effects of micro and nano plastics in the food supply. Found stuck in the cholesterol of people's arteries, found in the liver, kidney's, brain, womb, stomach, endocrine, fecal matter, etc, etc, etc. No worries though, the petroleum industry has plenty of money to fund studies that will claim counter, and congressional members will continue to have their campaign coffers filled by those same individuals. Meanwhile our bodies, our wildlife, our entire environment continues to get smothered in plastics, and like the kids growing up confused, you yourself won't escape it.
An industrial chemical most Americans already have in their bodies is back under the microscope.
New research suggests that even low-level exposure in the womb can disrupt fetal development, feminizing males and masculinizing females.
Worse yet, scientists found these prenatal changes may permanently alter metabolism, immunity and disease risk — potentially setting the stage for cancer and a wide range of chronic illnesses later in life.
The industrial chemical has been linked to a wide range of health problems, including developmental and reproductive issues. Louis-Paul Photo – stock.adobe.com
The industrial chemical has been linked to a wide range of health problems, including developmental and reproductive issues. Louis-Paul Photo – stock.adobe.com
The culprit? Bisphenol A, better known as BPA, a man-made chemical commonly used to make plastics tougher and more heat-resistant.
Previous research shows that BPA can leach into food and drinks from the containers they are stored in, quietly sneaking into our bodies. In fact, government scientists estimate that more than 90% of Americans have detectable levels in their blood.
Once inside, BPA acts as an endocrine disruptor, mimicking the body’s natural hormones and throwing their normal functions off balance — particularly estrogen, the primary female sex hormone, though it’s also found in men.
Some studies suggest babies and children are the most vulnerable to BPA exposure. Over the years, scientists have linked the chemical to a long list of developmental and health problems, including ADHD, anxiety, depression, early puberty, immune system dysfunction, diabetes, obesity and heart disease.
Despite bans in some products, BPA can still be found in food and beverage packaging and other consumer goods. The FDA maintains that, based on current evidence, the small amounts that leach from these products aren’t enough to cause harm.
Still, scientists at Uppsala University in Sweden wondered what BPA exposure does before birth.
To find out, they gave pregnant rats drinking water containing BPA. The team tested two doses: one matching typical human exposure (0.5 micrograms per kilogram of body weight per day) and a higher dose once considered safe in 2015 (50 micrograms per kilogram per day).
When the offspring reached adulthood, researchers analyzed gene expression in their bone marrow and checked blood markers to see whether BPA exposure in the womb had long-term effects.
“We saw lasting effects in the adult rat,” Thomas Lind, the study’s first author, said in a press release. “Even very low doses changed how the genes were expressed. Females were masculinized, and males were feminized.”
Those changes weren’t just cosmetic.
Both sexes showed metabolic shifts, but in very different directions. Female rats drifted toward a cancer-like biological state, while males showed signs of metabolic syndrome, a condition tied to higher risks of diabetes and heart disease.
The immune system also took a hit. The activity of their T cells — white blood cells that help fight infection — increased in males but dropped in females, echoing earlier research linking BPA exposure to immune dysfunction.
When the team analyzed the mice’s blood, they found even more sex-specific changes.
The males showed a disturbed lipid profile, along with signs of increased metabolism and thyroid-related hyperactivity.
The females, meanwhile, had lower glucose levels, higher insulin levels, and signs of increased testosterone activity, a pattern similar to polycystic ovary syndrome, or PCOS.
“The results also corroborate previous human studies, where women with the hormone disorder PCOS have exhibited higher levels of bisphenol A in the blood, which correlates with an increased influence of male sex hormones,” Lind explained.
“This reinforces the findings of other studies linking bisphenol A exposure to declining fertility in women,” he continued.
The authors say their findings strengthen the case for cutting BPA out of food and beverage packaging.
Last year, the European Union banned BPA from being used in nearly all food-contact materials, with a phase-out period currently underway.
But the US is lagging behind. While the FDA has barred the chemical from baby bottles, sippy cups and infant formula packaging, there’s no nationwide ban.
Still, pressure is building. More than 30 states and local governments have enacted rules limiting BPA’s production, use or distribution.
In New York, state law prohibits the manufacture or sale of BPA-containing childcare products intended for children under 3, including pacifiers, bottles and other beverage containers.