Apple Creates Sex Related Controversy

by vanityemailaddress | November 8, 2007 at 04:01 pm | 469 views | 4 comments | 12 recommendations

As in the days of Adam & Eve, an apple is
responsible for a modern day sex related
controversy.  Greenpeace is claiming that
Apple's I-Phone contains toxins that could
interfere with the development of a man's
reproductive organ.

A Greenpeace Research Laboratories senior
scientist Dr David Santillo, had reported in
his findings that "Two of the phthalate
plasticisers found at high levels in the
headphone cable are classified in Europe as
'toxic to reproduction, category 2' because
of their long-recognised ability to interfere
with sexual development in mammals."

The question that needs to be answered is
whether the negative effects are relevant to
humans.

According to a study from the Society of
Toxicology, research [on monkeys] indicates that
the reproductive effects observed in rodents
may not be relevant to humans.

The operative phrase, "may not be relevant to humans"
only adds fuel to the Greenpeace flame.

An information sheet on the Phthalate Information Centre website, produced by the American Chemistry Council, said studies found that high doses of some phthalates, when administered to pregnant rodents shortly before they gave birth, "suppressed levels of testosterone, a male hormone key to sexual development in the male fetuses, and interfered with the development of male reproductive organs".

But it also noted a newer study conducted by the Society of Toxicology found similar tests conducted on monkeys had no negative effects on the development of the male reproductive tract.

"The research [on monkeys] indicates that the reproductive effects observed in rodents may not be relevant to humans," the information sheet reads.

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at 05:06 on November 9th, 2007

The first question many are probably asking is, "How long, exactly, did monkeys have the iPhone before it went on sale to the general public, and why did none of them write a review?" Another question would be, "How would material from the headphones enter the human body?"

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at 08:57 on November 9th, 2007

Great lead sentence on this story, vanityemailaddress. Thanks for writing some of your own material. I always feel it makes for a more interesting read when contributors add some of their own words. Good stuff.

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Jordan, the Jeopardy response: What is osmosis?  LOL!

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Rob, I become dangerous when I have to think.

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November 8, 2007 at 04:01 pm by vanityemailaddress, 469 views, 4 comments

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