Farm Pesticides Cause Sex Change

Monday, July 07, 2008 - Byron J. Richards, CCN

Researchers from the University of Florida are the first to show that toads living near farms are at much higher risk for adverse sexual mutations than the same toads living in suburbia, adversely affecting males more than females.  The male toads exposed to farm chemicals (pesticides) had both testicles and ovaries, as well as other more feminine structural changes including looking more like the females (having brown stripes instead of just being brown).

The implications to human sexuality are significant – meaning that exposure of the male fetus to such estrogen-like chemicals on food may alter the expression and development of sexuality in the female direction.  Many farm chemicals are estrogenic and fat soluble – meaning they can readily cross the placenta.

Pregnant mothers should eat organic to avoid these chemicals, and boys and girls should eat mostly organic at least through puberty.  Nutrients in Daily Balancer help clear these toxins, and extra Chlorella may be of value.  One study on pregnant women showed that Chlorella at 6000 mg per day reduced dioxins, a type of fat soluble toxin by 40%.

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