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Big Ag Fungicide Leads to Defect in Male Reproductive System, Demasculinization
Natural Society A commonly used fungicide regulated by the EPA and sprayed on numerous crops from apples to lettuce, kiwi to snap beans, and even golf course grass, is causing a horrible condition known as hypospadias - an abnormal condition in males in which the urethra opens on the under surface of the penis. This has also been called cleft penis. This dicarboximide fungicide is a known endocrine disruptor and yet it is still used prominently by Big Agriculture.
Recently, the Institute for the Study and Treatment of Hypospadias, Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine found that:
“The fungicide vinclozolin (V) was found to inhibit sexual differentiation in male rats in an antiandrogenic manner. In the present study, V was administered to pregnant rats (p.o.) at 0, 100, or 200 mg/kg/day in corn oil during the period of sex differentiation (Gestational Day 14 to Postnatal Day 3) to examine the demasculinizing effect of this fungicide more closely.”
While some have argued that soy compounds (often known to mimic estrogen in the body) are the cause of this demasculinization, others argue that it is the vinclozolin use that is causing the birth defect.
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