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The Montreal water treatment plant dumps 90 times the critical amount of certain estrogen products into the river. It only takes one nanogram (ng) of steroids per liter of water to disrupt the endocrinal system of fish and decrease their fertility.

These are the findings of Liza Viglino, postdoctoral student at the Universite de Montreal’s Department of Chemistry, at the NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Drinking Water Treatment and Distribution, who is under the supervision of Professors Sebastien Sauve and Michèle Prevost.

The presence and effects of estrogen residues on aquatic wildlife are well documented. However, this research is unique because it didn’t only consider natural hormones and those used in oral contraceptives - it also included products used in hormone therapy that is prescribed to menopausal women.

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Tags: antidepressant, Canada, Environment, estrogen, Health, hormone, water

PREGNANT women have been advised to avoid using perfumes or scented body creams after research suggested the products can cause unborn boys to suffer infertility or cancer in later life.

Research on rats carried out by Professor Richard Sharpe has found that the reproductive system of male foetuses can be damaged as early as at eight weeks’ gestation by chemicals including those found in many cosmetics.

The damage can result in in fertility or testicular cancer - both growing medical problems across the world - said Sharpe, principal investigator at the Medical Research Council’s Human Sciences Unit. Continue reading »

Tags: Cancer, Chemical Additives, children, Health, hormone, infertility, Pregnancy, pregnant, Rats, Science, Scientists, U.K.

(NaturalNews) I recently received great news from the Organic Consumers Association (OCA) that after a long fourteen year battle between OCA, public interest and family farmer groups against Monsanto’s Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone (rBGH), Monsanto has announced on August 6th that they will sell off their controversial rBGH. This is very good news since rBGH has been fed to cattle since the early 1990’s and has been implicated in a wide array of health issues, some very serious ones for both the animals themselves and anyone who consumes anything from the animals who are fed rBGH.

rBGH is said to be responsible for a number of health issues ranging from premature puberty in children to colon, prostate and breast cancer to increased antibiotic residues and elevated levels of a potent cancer tumor promoter called IGF-1.

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rBGH is a genetically engineered variant of the natural growth hormone produced by cows. It is manufactured by Monsanto and sold to dairy farmers under the trade name Posilac. This hormone forces cows to increase milk production by about 10%, but it also increases the incidences of mastitis, lameness as well as reproductive issues.

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Tags: bovine growth hormone, Canada, chemicals, Economy, Environment, EU, Food, GMO, Health, hormone, milk, Monsanto, OCA, organic, Organic Consumers Association, Posilac, processed foods, rBGH, U.S.

Listening to music can give your immune system a boost and may help fight off disease, researchers have discovered.

Elvis Presley impersonators at a street party in Baker Street, central London Photo: EPA

Scientists found that after listening to just 50 minutes of uplifting dance music, the levels of antibodies in volunteers’ bodies increased.

They also found that stress hormone levels, which can weaken the immune system, decreased after being exposed to the music. Continue reading »

Tags: Cortisol, Health, hormone, immune system, Music, patients, Science, Scientists, Stress

…Not a single chemical has been tested…

…”In eleven years all that’s happened - all that’s happened, is the committee has come up with a list, a potential list of chemicals that should be tested. In eleven years,” said Prof. Tyrone Hayes….

… “If you are a male frog exposed to attrazine at very low ecologically relevant levels you become a hermaphrodite,” said Professor Hayes…

… “The current system of regulating chemicals is really broken,” said Bill Walker from the Environmental Working Group…

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Tags: attrazine, Berkeley, Biologist, biotechnology, breast, Cancer, chemicals, Environmental Protection Agency, estrogen, FDA, female, herbicide, hermaphrodite, herpetologist, hormone, patients, Tyrone Hayes