DENVER, Feb 18, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) -- A Colorado scientist warned Monday
industrial chemicals are hitting males of many species particularly hard.
Rao Veeramachaneni of Colorado State University said chemical exposure has
altered or weakened the reproductive capacity of humans as well as many species
of animals.
The biomedical sciences professor told the Rocky Mountain News some chemicals
attach themselves to the receptors that are necessary to make various hormones
work correctly. By in effect mimicking vital hormones, chemicals can sometimes
block the production of the genuine hormones.
The newspaper said Veeramachaneni is currently studying the possible link
between common agricultural fungicides and a rising rate of erectile dysfunction
in U.S. males.
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