“Perhaps our society is not ready for the message …” writes Mary Shivanandan about what the plethora of synthetic hormones are doing to the environment, but wouldn’t now be the ideal time since everyone is jazzed about the environment? Sexual sins are one thing–about which believers and unbelievers disagree strongly–but one cannot dispute the facts.

Estrogenics bind or stick to estrogen receptors situated throughout the body. When an estrogen, a steroid hormone, enters the bloodstream the estrogen receptor cells will change. Jay’s book does not give an exhaustive list of external sources of estrogen, but singles out weed killers, soap, fragrances, sunscreen, soy, red food coloring and plastics. Some of these substances contain natural estrogens, others artificial. Among the most egregious of estrogens is EE2, the artificial estrogen of the birth control pill. While all the other estrogens can be damaging, one of the problems with EE2 is that it “was intentionally designed to. . . activate the estrogen receptor and stay in the body longer than natural estrogen.” As to the gravity of the influence of EE2, Jay notes that 100 million women worldwide use the birth control pill. While many are single, it is worth pointing out that a staggering 60% of married women use the birth control pill. He goes on to list seven major health problems that can be traced back to the presence of estrogenics, particularly in the water…

Obesity, depression, low sperm counts, various cancers, blood clots, and more are not related simple to the one who imbibes the Pill, but are shared because they eventually flush into the water table, as is EE2 (sprayed liberally on crops). If your moral arguments against artificial birth control fall on deaf ears, perhaps this well-documented book about this widely-sanctioned carcinogen will grab some attention. Changing the trajectory of our culture is daunting, but this may at least begin turning the wheel of the supertanker before it washes up on the shoals.