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originally posted by: Floydshayvious
Humans do many things for money - from creating religions and starting wars to creating sex change drugs and a whole host of other things. Humans also do a lot of those same things for reasons other than money as well - hard to believe sometimes.
And the world keeps turning (only to horrify an increasingly paranoid number of humans).
originally posted by: zazzafrazz
a reply to: Stormdancer777
The parents of these teens are in cults? How do you figure?
Within its clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of transsexual persons, the Endocrine Society suggests that for most children with GID, the condition will not persist into adolescence.Acknowledging that percentages differ between studies, the society maintains that "the large majority (75-80%) of prepubertal children with a diagnosis of GID in childhood do not turn out to be transsexual in adolescence."
6. Is there direct evidence that humans are susceptible to endocrine disruption?
Yes. In the 1950s and 1960s pregnant women were prescribed diethylstilbestrol (DES), a synthetic estrogen, to prevent miscarriages. Not only did DES fail to prevent miscarriages, but it also caused health problems for many of these women's children. In 1971, doctors began reporting high rates of unusual vaginal cancers in teenage girls. Investigations of the girls' environmental exposures traced the problem to their mothers' use of DES. The girls also suffered birth defects of the uterus and ovaries, and immune system suppression.
7. Are children at greater risk from endocrine disruptor exposure?
Yes. Because endocrine disruptors affect the development of the body's vital organs and hormonal systems, infants, children and developing fetuses are more vulnerable to exposure. And as was the case with DES, parents' exposure to certain chemicals may produce unexpected -- and tragic -- effects in their children, even decades later.
originally posted by: boymonkey74
a reply to: Stormdancer777
Sound good to me that.
As long as it helps the kids in the long run.
originally posted by: theabsolutetruth
a reply to: Krazysh0t
The link works and I added research for value to the comment.
Investigations of the girls' environmental exposures traced the problem to their mothers' use of DES. The girls also suffered birth defects of the uterus and ovaries, and immune system suppression.