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From: Rod Speed
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 18:20

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Mark Harriss <ningauble@bigpond.com> wrote in
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> Hey Rod!,  I had a bit more of a poke around on the net, can't find
> anything about bakelite itself causing small dicked alligators etc.

Yeah, its a real effect, but not due to bakelite.

> but bakelite is also known as Bisphenol F and is generally
> known to be oestrogenic and an endocrine disruptor.

Not in waterways with alligators.


> Rod Speed wrote:
>> Mark Harriss <ningauble@bigpond.com> wrote

> > > No. 10:   Wasn't bakelite found to have an oestrogen hormone like effect.
> >
> > Nope.
> >
> > > Bakelite products manufacture was contaminating some American
> > > waterway and causing small dicks on crocodiles and deformed frogs.
> >
> > Not bakelite.
> >
> > > Apparently the dust from grinding and sanding
> > > is also able to cause problems to workers.
> >
> > Possibly.
> >
> > > Just a little something to think about when
> > > you boil water in your bakelite jug for coffee.
> >
> > No one is that stupid anymore.
> >
> > Anyone with any sense microwaves it.
>

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