kyra_ojosverdes ([personal profile] kyra_ojosverdes) wrote2006-07-13 10:47 pm

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Lavender Revolution: Plant essences linked to enlarged breasts in boys as posted by [livejournal.com profile] vocalista001

"Two ingredients common in many hair- and skin-care products have been linked to abnormal development of breasts in boys. Lavender oil and tea tree oil contain compounds that act like female sex hormones and interfere with male hormones, researchers have determined."

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"The plant essences presumably have similar potential effects in young girls, Reiter says. Studies show a recent rise of early breast development in girls (SN: 9/9/00, p. 165: http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20000909/fob3.asp). Prepubertal children have low sex hormone concentrations, so relatively small amounts of hormone-mimicking compounds might upset their physiologic balance at that age, says Reiter."

[identity profile] jimbow8.livejournal.com 2006-07-14 01:24 pm (UTC)(link)
I like the way you think. ;)
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[identity profile] siliconshaman.livejournal.com 2006-07-14 01:38 pm (UTC)(link)
I try to use my Genius for good... But Evil is just so much more fun!!