Bekannte Plastikchemikalien feminisieren Männer und vermännlichen Frauen scitechdaily.com

Reading over this article it seems like they are doing proteomic/ gene expression analysis in rats.
So they give a small and a large(100x) exposure to the chemical to rats ( before birth) then measure gene expression and conclude that the genes expressed where more feminine.

Based on what’s presented in the article, this is really poor science. I say this because litteraly any and everything impacts gene expression.
Like if you looked at the rat everyday that would impact gene expression.

This article also packed specific data points or graphs so it’s really hard to actually quantify their observations. To me this Read as overhyped conclusion.

There may be some validity to this theory but those article really isn’t showing it.

Previously I’ve seen talks where certain classics have estrogen like properties, and in Marine bivalves This has been shown to alter the sex ratio from male to female, but many marine animals are more flexible in their sex ( for example there are parasites that can feminize crabs by releasing hormones mimics)
So this doesn’t mean it’s happening in mammals. Oh there can be some validity to this But that means we should be doing higher quality research instead of overhyped headlines.