ABERDEEN, Scotland, September 10, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Scientists at the University of Aberdeen studying sheep maintained on pastures fertilized with sewage sludge (treated waste derived from human sewage processing plants) found a high incidence of abnormalities in the animals. The abnormalities are being attributed to the presence of man-made hormones, particularly as those found in the contraceptive pill, in the treated waste. Professor Paul Fowler and Dr Stewart Rhind said exposure to the chemicals affected the structure or function of testes, ovaries, uteri, parts of the brain, and thyroid and adrenal glands of sheep foetuses. In adult sheep changes in […]
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Any nun truly concerned about her health should be appalled by the Comment’s conclusion, one that could only be arrived at through a lack of scientific rigour.
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