Turn frogs gay

Row crops are annual food and fiber plants such as corn, soybeans, rice and cotton. Now, we have clearly shown that many of these animals are sex-reversed males,” Hayes said.

"Sexual dysphoria" is not a medical term and Kennedy’s team did not respond when we asked for clarification of that phrase. Atrazine has caused a hormonal imbalance that has made them develop into the wrong sex, in terms of their genetic constitution.”

Coincidentally, another lab in 2008 discovered a sex-linked genetic marker in Xenopus, which has allowed Hayes to confirm the genetic sex of his frogs.

In Hayes’ study, where 40 frogs lived for about three years after hatching in water with 2.5 ppb atrazine, about 10 percent of the frogs appeared to be resistant to the effects of the pesticide.

Both amphibians and fish, "have relatively permeable skin," Hayes said. We’re headed for a calamity,” Kennedy said. Two years later, however, he said, “Newspapers take us very seriously overseas.”

He also boasted that he had gained women supporters from “The End of Men” who were upset about “the species-wide problem” it had uncovered in industrial agriculture.

“It animates quite strongly the transgender issue,” he said.

“He believes that the health of the nation is a very important thing,” he said.

Concerns about atrazine center on its potential to disrupt hormones in the body. So their fertility is as low as 10 percent in some cases, and that is only if we isolate those animals and pair them with females,” he said. Several states are considering banning atrazine, and six class action lawsuits have been filed seeking to eliminate its use.

After public comment, regulations on atrazine are expected to be finalized. Gender dysphoria is the experience of distress that can occur when a person’s gender identity does not match their sex assigned at birth, and is common in transgender people. (Read more about PolitiFact’s partnership with TikTok.)

"Sexual dysphoria" is not a medical term, according to experts, and Kennedy’s team did not respond to a request to clarify his meaning of that phrase.

Trump himself said last month that he will “stop the transgender lunacy.”

It is likely that any Trump nominee to lead HHS would share similar views on trans health care. The European Union already bars the use of atrazine.

Hayes’s studies in the early 2000s were the first to show that the hormonal effects of atrazine disrupt sexual development in amphibians.

And many males had lower testosterone levels than normal females and smaller than normal voice boxes, presumably limiting their ability to call mates.

Hayes’ research also established that many frogs in Midwestern streams contaminated by atrazine and other pesticides have compromised immune systems, leading to increased mortality from bacterial disease.

Those early studies were hampered by the inability to easily distinguish genetically male from genetically female frogs.

Kennedy made similar comments on Joe Rogan’s podcast 10 days later.

But, with apologies to Kermit the Frog, there are some important biological differences between humans and frogs, and although atrazine may pose some human health risks, there is no evidence that atrazine exposure is linked to gender dysphoria in humans. These groups often demonize soy and other seed-oil products because of their natural estrogen content, and use the term “soy boy” as a slur for men they perceive as weak due to their overconsumption of tofu and other meat substitutes.

That's speculation." 

He also explained key differences between humans and their amphibian friends.

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