Guest guest Posted June 21, 2008 Report Share Posted June 21, 2008 As reported in The Best Years in Life Pesticide Dangers to Human Health Carry Through Multiple Generations Friday, June 20, 2008 by: David Gutierrez (NaturalNews) A recent study conducted by researchers from the University of Texas at Austin has uncovered evidence that the damage done by pesticides may last for four generations or more.Reproductive neuroendocrinologist Andrea Gore and evolutionary biologist David Crews compared the sexual behavior of two different groups of rats. One group of rats was a standard laboratory rat stock, while the other group was descended from rats that had been subjected to the hormone-disrupting effects of chemicals. Reproductive biologist had injected the great-grandmothers of these rats with vinclozolin, a common fungicide that is particularly popular among grape-growers. For the rest of the article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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