one of the known effects of certain pollutants is to emulate the effects of estrogen. you could easily track this if certain data about the epidemiology of cancer were more widely available. its amazing in this era of the internet and instant information, how hard it is to find a fucking map showing the distribution of cancer by type and location. all the sites that once had such maps have been shut down most forcefully and/or been redirected to sites with a .gov domain. very peculiar. international sites with such maps give mysterious 404 errors. how odd. try a google search for “cancer maps” or “cancer epidemiology” and after you’re done scratching your head, give me a call.
in any case, one of the inferred consequences of this effect is to induce an increased incidence of breast cancer and possibly also cervical and uterine cancers in women. one of my own suspicions is that its also a lurking variable in the increased incidence of homosexuality among men in certain areas. you have to look not so much at the adult homosexual communities, that is, not where these people wound up, but rather where they grew up. I suspect that if you did, you’d find clusters that mapped very well with the corresponding maps for breast cancer in women. that is, if you could find such maps, which you can’t. most peculiar.