More and more male individuals are deprived of sex

Chemicals that are capable of altering sex hormones in the environment are turning many males in vertebrates into females or causing deformities in the genitalia.

Males can be transgender due to ingesting chemical worms in waste areas.Photo: wordpress.com.

ChemTrust's scientists warn that many pollutants have estrogenic properties (female sex hormones) that have entered the sea, river, air, and land during the littering process. of human. These chemicals are present in food wrappers, detergents, plastics, paints, and waste water. They deform the testicles, reduce the number of sperm and turn the male into a female.

According to ChemTrust, dozens of animals - including polar bears, fish, bald eagles, otters and whales - are suffering from the effects of genetic modification. All vertebrates have the same sex hormone receptors in the body. Therefore, from the research results, a species can predict the possibility of other species.

Gywnne Lyons, author of ChemTrust's report, said: 'We need to take emergency measures to control gender-altering chemicals if we do not want the number of wildlife to be reduced by sex. Male depletion ".

Some previous studies have demonstrated that the number of male sperm in Western countries has been decreasing over the past 30 years, while the number of boys with testicular defects is increasing. In areas contaminated by gender-changing chemicals in Russia, Canada and Italy, the number of newborn girls is more than double that of boys.

ChemTrust's report produced more than 250 scientific works around the world on the impact of gender-changing chemicals. The authors of these studies investigated bisphenol A (used in the production of canned food), plastic bottles, sealants, phthalates (added to plastic and glue).

'Male animals of vertebrate species, including amphibians, reptiles, fish, birds and mammals, have been suffering from the effects of gender-induced chemical changes. The state of males turning into females is becoming more and more popular , 'the report said.

Fish is one of the species most affected by genetically modified chemicals. One study found that about half of males in rivers in low-lying regions of England have transgender symptoms (such as having eggs in the genitals). Many male cockroaches are fully transgender after exposure to the estrogen in discarded birth control pills.

A study at Cardiff University (UK) showed that the brains of male starlings in a waste treatment plant changed after they ate the animals infected with estrogen. The change made them sing longer and more artistic - just like the starlings.

Scientists at the University of Florida (USA) found that 40% of male sugarcane frogs in a contaminated area of ​​Florida turned into bisexual individuals (including reproductive organs of males and females). It is also found that many male turtles and male crocodiles have female characteristics in some parts of the state and possess malformed genitalia.