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Newsjock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 08:06 PM Original message |
15% of American girls hitting puberty by age 7; doctors unsure why change is coming sooner |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. That is definitely not good. |
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howaboutme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
2. This is a dream for Hollywood |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
3. Estrogen in our drinking water, perchance? |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 08:13 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. the article says obesity is the clearest influence but that other factors |
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anneboleyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 08:46 PM Response to Reply #8 |
30. Yet almost none of us, not even the "obese" girls, got our periods until 13ish back then. |
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safeinOhio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 09:00 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Soybeans phytoestrogens. |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 12:28 AM Response to Reply #33 |
50. Doesn't seem likely to me. |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 12:24 AM Response to Reply #30 |
45. I was eleven |
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HipChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 12:24 AM Response to Reply #30 |
46. I hit puberty at 9 and skinny as a rake |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 04:15 AM Response to Reply #30 |
57. Chemicals/hormones in foods |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 05:10 AM Response to Reply #30 |
58. i got my period at 12 in the 60s. and wasn't fat. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 07:59 AM Response to Reply #58 |
62. So? |
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Esurientes (257 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 01:51 PM Response to Reply #30 |
77. DES, maybe, with older women. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 08:10 AM Response to Reply #8 |
67. You would assume an obese girl consumed more crap injected food than a non obese one. |
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skirt6 (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 08:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
17. Funny you should say that... |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
4. I remember my doctor positing that it was growth hormone in milk.. |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 08:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. that makes a lot of sense. |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 08:27 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Almost all of the milk I can get here in NE MN is supposed to be rBGH free -- Land O'Lakes, |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 08:33 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. The grocery store near me only has 2 kinds - Dean and Roundy's |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 12:25 AM Response to Reply #18 |
49. Hiland here in Missouri claims the same thing. |
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alterfurz (723 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 07:55 AM Response to Reply #18 |
61. give local creamery Sassy Cow a try? |
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Veruca Salt (846 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 02:16 PM Response to Reply #18 |
78. Here in ME I get Smiling Hill Farm milk and it is by far the most delicious |
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laundry_queen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 08:37 PM Response to Reply #4 |
26. I wonder... |
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jillan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 11:44 PM Response to Reply #4 |
39. That's what my daughter's pediatrician told me. It wasn't that she hit puberty that early - it's how |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 01:31 PM Response to Reply #39 |
76. Lots of dairies produce homone-free milk - but Monsanto takes them to court over it |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
5. Maybe just maybe our diet is full of drugs |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
6. couldn't possibly have anything to do with all the additives, hormones and other assorted crap in |
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Zephie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
7. 7? Really? I can't imagine having the puberty talks at so young an age |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 08:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. I didn't until 13, and I drank exclusively cow's milk. |
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Zephie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 08:19 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I'm wondering when you drank it? |
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gkhouston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 08:30 AM Response to Reply #14 |
69. Perhaps not much. I've got a daughter, 40 years younger than myself, who |
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Control-Z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 08:40 PM Response to Reply #7 |
28. I honestly doubt that cow's milk |
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Zephie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 08:44 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Yes, that was what I was attempting to convey |
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Control-Z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 11:41 PM Response to Reply #29 |
38. No problem. |
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GodlessBiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
9. Hormones in beef? |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 08:15 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Hormones in EVERYTHING. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 08:20 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. big issue a handful of yrs ago and they attributed it to the hormones in chickens. nt |
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animato (126 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 08:52 PM Response to Reply #16 |
32. Too bad that organic chicken is expensive nt |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 08:09 AM Response to Reply #9 |
66. and the milk. |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
10. It's part of our plan of world takeover. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
13. Chemicals. Lots and lots of harmful chemicals. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
15. It seems pretty simple to me: hormones |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 12:09 AM Response to Reply #15 |
43. yes |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 12:04 PM Response to Reply #43 |
72. I'm more concerned about the food supply |
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animato (126 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
19. BHA is an endocrine disorder in cans etc. nt |
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Holly_Hobby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 08:30 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Plastics are hormone disruptors n/t |
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animato (126 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 08:50 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. Are there other ones that we often consume? |
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Holly_Hobby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 12:59 PM Response to Reply #31 |
73. No plastics should be involved in cooking, eating or storage |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
20. Horemones in hair products!!!! |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
21. our food supply nt |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
23. Simple - growth hormone in common food products like Milk, beef & chicken |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
27. Weight gain. Americans are heavier than ever. n/t |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
34. I see alot of chunky girls with periods starting in 4-5th grade. I think the |
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anneboleyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 09:27 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Maybe, but I commented above that "obese" girls were still getting their periods later |
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kickysnana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
36. I blame soy milk and "Toddlers and Tiaras" |
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FirstLight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
37. It's gotta be the water supply or the pthalates in everything plastic |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 12:24 AM Response to Reply #37 |
47. Yes, in the old days, baby bottles were made of GLASS |
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diane in sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
40. So they can reproduce before the radiation gets them??? (satire!) |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 12:06 AM Response to Original message |
41. This man doesn't see a problem with that |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 12:07 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. He's a jerk. |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 12:21 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Not just a jerk, but an admitted pedophile |
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GReedDiamond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 12:38 AM Response to Reply #44 |
52. And, a really mediocre guitarist... |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
48. Vitamin D deficiency |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 12:36 AM Response to Original message |
51. A woman I worked with said her FOUR YEAR OLD DAUGHTER was getting |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 02:02 AM Response to Original message |
53. Fuckin' Chavez! |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 02:21 AM Response to Original message |
54. This is awful, probably from all the chemicals |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 03:30 AM Response to Original message |
55. I personally blame "Japanese" radiation. nt |
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mfcorey1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 04:12 AM Response to Original message |
56. Steroids in fast food is one of the major causes. nt |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 05:20 AM Response to Original message |
59. To throw another curve in, if it's doing that to the girls |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 08:03 AM Response to Reply #59 |
64. having two sons, i was wondering the same. not seeing early puberty for either of them |
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Agony (865 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 05:29 AM Response to Original message |
60. Defund the EPA! That'll fix the problem! |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
63. This has been a trend for quite sometime. It must be environmental and/or food related. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 08:06 AM Response to Original message |
65. and yet, the few men i have heard say.... once girl hits puberty, free game |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 08:24 AM Response to Original message |
68. ok if milk affects female puberty, why not male puberty, menopause, and lots of other things? |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
70. My mom got hers early... |
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AmandaRuth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
71. as others have pointed out |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
74. Doctor checked my daughter for pubic hair growth... |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
75. BPA and its effect on leptin which influences the onset of puberty in girls |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
79. weak environmental regulations. policies favoring corporations instead of humans. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
80. According to one of my textbooks on human sexuality, this trend has been happening for a long time. |
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