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] gryphonwing.livejournal.com 2006-07-14 11:31 pm (UTC)(link)
I have not but those sound very official and like the sort of thing a doctor is supposed to be involved with... and I lack insurance currently. Plus I'd have to see an endocrinologist and jump through a lot of hoops and stuff. *sigh*

[identity profile] redrita.livejournal.com 2006-07-15 03:58 am (UTC)(link)
Wouldn't it be wonderful if those incredibly official sounding terms translated into "chamomile" and "broccoli florets"? Unfortunately, it almost never works that way. :(