The Chronister Family

What are we doing to ourselves and our world?

Good afternoon, friends. I have something serious to talk about. I'm not one to run blindly declaiming that we all need to purchase carbon offsets, or drive hybrid vehicles, or any of the other fashionable environmental theories currently being posited. That being said, I am quite concerned over an article I just read.

A month or so ago I read an article online about how the fish populations are shifting to more females than males, especially in areas around the output of sewage treatment facilities.

Here's an article that can explain what I mean: http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/mos/mos_104contraception.html

The jist of the article is that the extra hormones in our bodies due to artificial contraception (aka the pill) is being excreted into the water systems of the world. The result of all of that extra estrogen is that the fish are becoming more feminine. According to this article ( http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/InNews/estrogen2007.html ) the fish are becoming too feminine to even be able to reproduce properly.

Now, that was a month or so ago. Today I find this article ( http://health.msn.com/menshealth/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100169436&GT1=10416 ) on MSN.com. Do you not see that what affects the environment around us will also boomerang back onto us as well?  The third page of this article starts to delve into some of the reasons that testosterone is lower in males today than it has been historically. Some of the reasons given are pesticides, plastics, colognes, and cosmetics. My favorite reason given is that it must be because Americans are obese. And what causes us to be obese? The self same hormones that we're flushing down are toilets are coming back to us in our water supplies.

Hormones are very insidious things. According to the MSN article, "If you somehow managed to collect all the testosterone from your entire body, it would barely fog the bottom of a shot glass." So that small amount of testosterone is what makes a man a man. A small thyroid imbalance can cause cancers, obesity, pituitary disorders, etc.... Think about the number of women in the US alone who are on the pill. A quick Google search yielded a number around 100 million. Each individual woman may only be excreting a small amount, but it all adds up to a staggering sum when it re-enters the water table.

Most of the women on the pill aren't on it for medically necessary reasons. They simply want to avoid the "inconvenience" of an unplanned pregnancy. Most people in the world today think that they are entitled to have all of the s*x that they want to, without commitments, without entanglements, and without consequences. Well, sisters, that pill that gives you a license for lasciviousness is coming back to roost on all of our collective doorsteps. Pretty soon your mates may not have enough testosterone to live up to your expectations.

May God save us from ourselves.

That is pretty

05:16, Thursday, September 20, 2007 .. Posted by SuperHorseSteader

neat that we share the same bday!! lol
Hope you have a great day!!
Amanda

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09:33, Wednesday, September 26, 2007 .. Posted by TheWedhornFamily

That is a great entry.I learned of this in a biology class believe it or not.The fish cells start to mutate.I am going to go check out those sites.This world is a scary place at times.Hope you have a great day:)
Thanks Again,

Wow

10:06, Saturday, December 22, 2007 .. Posted by melaniedawn

May God save us from ourselves, indeed!
Wow, what eye-opening articles!
Melanie