Blurring issues of gender
Published: 10 October 2005
Category: Hormonal Changes, Studies/Federal Regulations
Environmental Health Perspectives Volume 113, Number 10
This article speaks of the concern of prenatal and childhood exposure to EDCs, which may be responsible for “a variety of abnormalities in human sexuality, gender development and behaviors, reproductive capabilities, and sex ratios.”
Scientists are asking the following questions …
“Do EDC exposures impair fertility in men or women? Can they cause sexual organ malformations, stunted reproductive development, or testicular or breast cancer? Do fetal exposures to EDCs alter sex phenotypes? Do they change later gender-related neurobiological characteristics and behaviors such as play activity and spatial ability? Could such exposures even be involved in the etiology of children born with ambiguous gender?”