Safe, Stephen

omg both milloy and gough have books:

http://books.google.com/books?id=uKlHJx9OdyUC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

singer on keeling, pat michaels, dt, dioxin,

hormone by stephen safe http://vetmed.tamu.edu/vtpp/directorydetail?userid=2124

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/nature/interviews/safe.html

energy in depth

http://energyindepth.org/wp-content/uploads/marcellus/2012/07/Endocrine-Disrupters-and-All-That.pdf

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTERS, PLASTICS, DIOXIN AND DEATH —

WHAT’S THAT ALL ABOUT?

Fear Profiteers, 45

Concerning temporal variations, a leading American fertility specialist, Harry

Fisch, reported: “[T]here was no decline in sperm counts. There was a lot of

variation from year to year, but overall, there was no decline in sperm counts.”191

In 2000, Stephen Safe, one of the most respected biochemists working on

endocrine disrupters, summed up the information about sperm counts:

Some reports showed that over the last 15–25 years, there were significant

decreases in sperm quantity, whereas other studies showed either no declines or

slight increases . . . data suggest that we do not know if sperm counts are actually

up or down. Our knowledge of sperm counts and their temporal variability in

normal populations is minimal, and the contributions of the environment (i.e.,

lifestyle, diet, contaminants, etc.) are also unknown.192

Other experts echo Safe’s uncertainty about the possible contribution of

environmental factors:

Experts say that many factors, including smoking, alcohol and drug use, and

venereal disease can affect sperm production. Even tight underwear and the long

hours many men spend sitting at office desks have been blamed: they overheat

the testicles, which can cause the sperm to die.193

Sperm counts may be worthy of more research. The evidence about them,

however, does not lead to any conclusion that there is a risk to human survival

and reproduction.

Much of the hype about alleged endocrine disrupters was based on

observations of wild animals involving such things as birds with twisted beaks or

gulls that exhibited abnormal sexual behavior. Such abnormalities were reported

in the distant past before industrial chemicals appeared in the environment. They

must have causes other than industrial chemicals, if, indeed, chemicals are a

cause...