Now you'll note that this doesn't have anything whatsoever to do with humans, because this study didn't look at that at all Which is where it gets fun
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Natural News links to the National Catholic Register, which is either a Catholic blogging site or the oldest Catholic newspaper in the US, depending on which of their self-descriptions you readpic.twitter.com/czRBRC4neQ
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The NCR article takes a fairly hard stance on birth control, calling it "Intrinsically evil", which gives you an idea of what the general trend of the piece is
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The conclusion is particularly, um, enlighteningpic.twitter.com/F7Y9pPBkMd
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The Population Research Institute, incidentally, appears to be an organisation dedicated to preventing contraception and abortion worldwide, founded by a Catholic priestpic.twitter.com/jGJX4C5ocD
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All of this points toward a somewhat biased view of the facts Natural News took this anti-contraceptive slant and turned it into a population apocalypse
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This is my favorite line. Not supported, not really demonstrable in any way, and not linked to any scientists That isn't how any of this workspic.twitter.com/UZWjC4jcRP
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There are a few quotes attributed to the authors of the study as support of this affecting humans, without mentioning that the study author was TALKING ABOUT FISH
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The final line is an unreferenced, unsupported claim about EE2 causing unspecified "effects" in "human tissues", which is arguably the most meaningless statement imaginable
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Most things "effect" human tissues, but whether they are harmful or not is another question entirely
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Anyway, this has been a fun journey through the pixellation to some actual science about environmental pollutants and what they might mean to Japanese Medaka fish
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