The evidence is convergent. Multiple independent sources reach the same conclusion, the underlying mechanism is well-characterized, and even the field's most cautious voices treat it as worth doing.
and work by Dr. Shanna Swan has shown that phthalate exposure to the fetus-- to pregnant mothers and to fetuses very likely is negatively impacting sperm counts, testosterone levels, and even changing genitalia size for the worse in males nowadays.
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so phthalates are these synthetic compounds found in fragrances and this is like when I get an Uber and there's a black ice I can't you and I could talk for hours about this go on there's a black ice tree in the on the rearview mirror and you're smelling it right and you're thinking oh this is gross I roll down the window even in New York when it was freezing I'm rolling down the freaking window and the guy's like what just just drive the car just get me there and you get out of the Uber and you still smell like black ice right or you're in a house or you know I took my car to the mechanic the other day in Costa Rica which is where I live and I they took it to get uh something done and I got the car back and the car smelled like the mechanics cologne and then I have to wash the seeds I think leather seats but I have to wash the seat and like my clothes smell like those are phthalates they're sticky they carry fragrance every time you walk into a room and you see those Glade plugins in the corner it's putting phthalates into the air so these these compounds they're in perfumes not all perfumes but some of them are worse than others they're in lotions um they're fragrance and lotions it's hidden and also like I'm sorry guys when you wear too strong of cologne it makes me want to puke like just like tone back the cologne yeah when I'm on an elevator with a guy and it's too strong I'm like oh it's horrible and so they're fragrance and they're in a lot of things and sometimes they say something they'll say phthalates and or sometimes it'll just say fragrance they're hidden on labels but these are clearly endocrine disruptors this word xenoestrogen is the fancy word for endocrine disruptors they mimic estrogen in both men and women and then they accumulate in women's body so the history of this or the pathways probably that women are exposed to these and if they're carrying a male fetus then it affects the male during gestation and it leads to shrinking of the distance between the butthole and the end of the testicles which is the analogenital distance which is an indication of feminization of males then shrinking of the penises
Phthalates found in plastics can lower testosterone levels & block effects of T on organs & tissues.
so what's the reason phalates act as anti-androgens meaning they block the action of testosterone which is critical for male development Studies have shown that phalates
it's not just high levels phalate exposure even at low concentrations can disrupt the development of male reproductive organs so what's the reason phalates act as anti-androgens meaning they block the action of testosterone which is critical for male development