Chemical cocktail 'risk to boys'

BBC NEWS: "Professor Richard Sharpe, of the Medical Research Council, warned these hormone-disrupting chemicals were 'feminising' boys in the womb.

He linked them to raising rates of birth defects and testicular cancer and falling sperm counts.

Campaigners called for action to address the problem.
They warned that while exposure to a single chemical may cause no harm, the cumulative effect could be profound.

HORMONE DISRUPTORS
Chemicals in consumer products and food that have been reported to disrupt the sex hormones include:

Phthalates: Found in vinyl flooring, plastics, soaps, toothpaste

Bisphenol: Found in babies' bottles, food can linings. mobile phones, computers

Pesticides: Including pyrethroids, linuron, vinclozolin and fenitrothion

Professor Sharpe's report was commissioned by the CHEM Trust, a charity which works to protect humans and wildlife from harmful chemicals."