My favorite line of the morning has to be “These ‘Thickburgers’ are quintessential food porn � oozing with artery-clogging fat.” Ah, Hardees. How I love thee.
And in other news, male fish are now becoming female, which raises all sorts of interesting questions about mutation and human men. Apparently, researchers have discovered that male fish are developing female sexual organs because of estrogen and pollutants in the water.
Estrogen mimickers are believed to be caused by chemicals called nonylphenols, found in everything from paints and rubber to cosmetics and plastics. They are considered a possible cause of kidney, eye, liver and reproductive problems.
They�ve been banned in much of Europe and are under review in Canada, but are still common in America, where they are flowing out of sewage plants and into clean water flowing into America’s rivers.
Government researchers recently found natural estrogens and estrogen mimickers in 80 percent of the streams they tested in 30 states.
“We would be ingesting those chemicals, would absorb them, and they would add to whatever natural hormones we already have in the body,” says Dr. Norris.
No one is certain what the impact is on humans. But since finding evidence that estrogen may be turning male fish into female fish, scientists are now looking at what it means for the nation’s drinking water.
Uh, yeah. You guys go and do that.
Back to the book. I should be able to type ‘The End’ today—which, of course, means that revisions will kick in. But that’s all good. I’m looking forward to it.