孕妇请注意!
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孕妇妈妈们,你们家的奶瓶,是那些厂牌呢?四款奶瓶被验出有微量的环境贺尔蒙-双酚A(Bisphenol A, BPA),可能会让肚子里还未出生的女婴,长大后容易产生焦虑、过动还有忧郁症喔 [1]!
让我们来关注一下鳄鱼的阴茎
几十年前,生活在美国奥克兰附近的阿波普卡湖(Lake Apopka)的鳄鱼,正被一群科学家性骚扰 [2]。以小路易斯 J. 吉莱特(Louis J. Guillette Jr)等学者为首,开始一只一只地抓住正值青少年的公鳄鱼,仔细地打量它们的阴茎,并且将他们变态认真的研究纪录发表在比较内分泌学(General and Comparative Endocrinology)期刊上。
上面这个故事不是在讲那群变态的科学家故事,也不是在说今年的搞笑诺贝尔奖(已经颁完了啦!),而是百年来人类自己制造出的小恶魔-环境荷尔蒙。

参考文献
- Joe M. Braun, Amy E. Kalkbrenner, Antonia M. Calafat, Kimberly Yolton, Xiaoyun Ye, Kim N. Dietrich, and Bruce P. Lanphear, (2011) Impact of Early-Life Bisphenol A Exposure on Behavior and Executive Function in Children, Pediatrics, 128, 873-882
- Louis J. Guillette Jr., Daniel B. Pickford, D. Andrew Crain, Andrew A. Rooney, and H. Franklin Percival (1996) Reduction in Penis Size and Plasma Testosterone Concentations in Juvenile Alligators Living in a Contaminated Environment, General and Comparative Endocrinology, 101, 32-42
- Li-Chun Xu, Hong Sun, Jian-Feng Chen, Qian Bian, Jie Qian, Ling Song, Xin-Ru Wang (2005) Evaluation of androgen receptor transcriptional activities of bisphenol A, octylphenol and nonylphenol in vitro, Toxicology, 216, 197-203
- Ann L. Wozniak, Nataliya N. Bulayeva, and Cheryl S. Watson (2005) Xenoestrogens at Picomolar to Nanomolar Concentrations Trigger Membrane Estrogen Receptor-α–Mediated Ca2+ Fluxes and Prolactin Release in GH3/B6 Pituitary Tumor Cells, Environmental Health Perspectives, 113, 431-429
- Germaine M. Buck Louis, Kurunthachalam Kannan, Katherine J. Sapra, José Maisog and Rajeshwari Sundaram (2014) Urinary Concentrations of Benzophenone-Type Ultraviolet Radiation Filters and Couples’ Fecundity, American Journal of Epidemiology, DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwu285
- 双酚A (Bisphenol A, BPA),食品药物管理署官方网页。 http://www.fda.gov.tw/TC/siteContent.aspx?sid=3822#.VhEvTN-qqko
- 环保署公告双酚A为第四类毒性化学物质 规范其运作以减少国人环境荷尔蒙暴露风险,环保署官方网页。 http://enews.epa.gov.tw/ENEWS/m_fact_Newsdetail.asp?InputTime=0980730121432&MsgText2=
- 公布“市售塑胶类奶瓶及奶嘴稽查专案计划”之稽查结果,食品药物管理署官方网页。 http://www.fda.gov.tw/TC/newsContent.aspx?id=14092&chk=622bee55-df8b-420b-8411-0e3443afce57#.VhEwSd-qqko