Higher levels of the three most anti-androgenic phthalates in pregnant mothers were significantly correlated with shorter ano-genital distance in their offspring.

“that correlates with a number of other things including lower sperm counts reduced sperm motility and things of that sort”

“more thall exposure equates to Shorter uh anogenital distance in males it it um was approaching the distribution in females”

“three thades DL hexal Thal DP dbal Thal DBP and butal benzil phid bbcp are the most anti-androgenic testosterone lowering phades and those are the ones that were associated with a shorter indal distance in males in human males human males and animal”

“so we we replicated that animal study in humans”

“and we found to Sal Thal syndrome could you explain what the correlation was between phalate metabolite levels which is I believe not not by number because I don't remember it anymore but but there was a significant um let's just take the AGD the AGD of mothers who had higher levels of three the most anti-androgenic phades I'll tell you what those are in a minute had significantly shorter aner gental distance”

“what's troubling is how consistently phalates interfere with male reproductive development and it's really getting worse as our exposure to Plastics increases multiple Studies have now shown that higher thite levels during pregnancy are linked to a significant shortening of the anogenital distance in male boys this is a key marker for Reproductive health so shorter anogenital distance in boys has been linked to a higher risk of birth defects like hypospadias this is where the urethra doesn't develop property and also undescended testicles and these aren't just cosmetic issues they can lead to serious complications later in life including infertility hormonal imbalance es and even increased risk of testicular cancer”