Comments on: Vatican Science: Pope Blames Male Infertility on…the Pill

By: Christina Viering

Christina Viering — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 01:22:09 +0000

Way too much steroids in foods!

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By: Ari

Ari — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:44:55 +0000

In regard’s to William’s fish study, the article he cited was not actually a scientific paper… so I followed the link to the actual article, which linked to ANOTHER article which finally cited some actual scientific papers. After reading the abstracts to the studies it seems to suggest that a lot of the estrogen pollutants in the water may come from commercial livestock practices rather than purely human sources.

While stretching the results of these studies to include humans is, of course, fairly absurd, (It’s difficult to transfer experimental results from rats to humans let alone fish to humans) it doesn’t mean that the issue of the effects estrogen is having on fish and other aquatic wildlife should be taken lightly. You may not consider a fish’s reproductive success to be as important as a human’s, but the reality is we’re all in this together (species-wise) so we should be taking care what goes into our waste water. This is not to say that getting rid of birth control is the answer, that’s the pope’s line of thought, I think. Perhaps urging pharmaceutical companies to create a more fully metabolized hormonal supplement for birth control and choosing to eat livestock that isn’t enhanced with steroids would help.

Just a suggestion

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By: skeptic

skeptic — Wed, 20 May 2009 06:12:15 +0000

the fertility clinic advert posted by “VAS REVERSAL” would gladly have you all take away your fertility, so that you can pay them later to get it back. their advice is very, very unprofessional.

By: skeptic

skeptic — Wed, 20 May 2009 06:06:48 +0000

it is not just the pope. Buddhists who believe in cause and effect might also suspect something that has been added to the water. If you don’t care, go ahead a drink up but it is selfish to subject everyone else to it. By the way, telling someone to take a pill used to mean the doctor didn’t consider your problem bad enough to think harder about. today, it might means, take the pill, because you are so ugly no one wants to have kids who look like you. the media of course, also tells you you are ugly. so, both pharmacy and media agree.

By: Rockne

Rockne — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 10:15:56 +0000

The hormones in plastics and pesticides’ are the main culprit in fish.
As usual the Pope is misrepresenting the facts to fit his agenda. But what else would one expect from a good Hitler youth the things we learn in childhood stay with us for life eugenics anyone?

By: CA Vasectomy Reversal

CA Vasectomy Reversal — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 09:06:52 +0000

I agree with you, Jill. This has nothing to do with human fertility, I suppose. Contraceptive pills may have effect on hormones in the body but do they really cause male infertility?

-Martin

By: Jill

Jill — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:09:51 +0000

Sorry, William, but the studies you are quoting discuss the feminizing affects of sewage water effluent on FISH not humans. This may or may not have anything to do with HUMAN fertility.