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Space Bar
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 Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 9:15 pm Post subject: Mercury causes homosexuality |
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...in male ibises.
And you thought Astrology was just a bunch of hogwash!
Mercury causes homosexuality in male ibises
Environmental pollutant radically changes birds' mating behaviour.
Joseph Milton
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Exposure to mercury pollution could be hitting some wild birds' reproductive prospects hard by causing males to pair with other males.
American white ibises (Eudocimus albus) from south Florida that consumed methylmercury (MeHg), the most toxic and easily absorbed form of mercury found in the environment, were more likely to engage in same-sex pairings � a phenomenon unknown in wild populations of this species with no exposure to the pollutant.
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catman
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| Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2010 7:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Wait until the religious right get hold of this gem. |
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Axiom
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http://www.thelocal.de/national/20101203-31563.html
Consumer groups call for end to EU light bulb ban
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Consumer protection organisations have demanded a suspension of the EU ban on incandescent light bulbs, citing official tests that showed the new compact fluorescent lamps to be dangerous if broken.
The energy saving bulbs show mercury levels 20 times higher than regulations allow in the air surrounding them for up to five hours after they are broken, according to tests released Thursday by the Federal Environment Agency (UBA). |
It's a conspiracy I say!  |
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flakfizer
Joined: 12 Nov 2004
Location: scaling the Cliffs of Insanity with a frayed rope.
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| Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 12:55 am Post subject: |
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| Does this mean Freddie Bulsara was straight before he changed his name? |
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geldedgoat
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| Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 5:02 am Post subject: |
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| flakfizer wrote: |
| Does this mean Freddie Bulsara was straight before he changed his name? |
You win. |
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Junior
Joined: 18 Nov 2005
Location: the eye
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| Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 6:55 am Post subject: |
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| The rise in homosexuality in the west is due to pollution- poisonous metals in the food chain. Its not genetic, people are not born gay. Its a symtom of a damaged environment. |
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Space Bar
Joined: 20 Oct 2010
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| Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 8:09 am Post subject: |
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| catman wrote: |
| Wait until the religious right get hold of this gem. |
Maybe they'll clean up the environment?  |
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Space Bar
Joined: 20 Oct 2010
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| Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 8:18 am Post subject: |
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| Junior wrote: |
| The rise in homosexuality in the west is due to pollution- poisonous metals in the food chain. Its not genetic, people are not born gay. Its a symtom of a damaged environment. |
Three questions:
1. If by "rise in homosexuality" you mean increased incidence, have you got any science to back up this assertion?
2. And how do you explain identical twins raised together who are discordant for homosexuality?
3. Can you demonstrate that human homosexuality does not occur in pristine environments? |
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jrwhite82
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| Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 7:17 pm Post subject: |
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| 3. According to the bible, The Garden of Eden is the only truly pristine environment. There was no homosexuality going on there. |
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ReeseDog
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| Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 5:18 pm Post subject: |
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| jrwhite82 wrote: |
| 3. According to the bible, The Garden of Eden is the only truly pristine environment. There was no homosexuality going on there. |
+1 |
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nero
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| Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 12:08 am Post subject: |
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| Were you there? |
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murmanjake
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| Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 3:35 am Post subject: |
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| Junior wrote: |
| The rise in homosexuality in the west is due to pollution- poisonous metals in the food chain. Its not genetic, people are not born gay. Its a symtom of a damaged environment. |
Ancient Greece? I think you were being facetious anyways.
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flakfizer wrote:
Does this mean Freddie Bulsara was straight before he changed his name?
You win. |
500 internetz for you sir |
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Sector7G
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| Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 5:21 am Post subject: |
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| flakfizer wrote: |
| Does this mean Freddie Bulsara was straight before he changed his name? |
No, but it could mean Men are from Mars, women are from Venus, and gays are from Mercury...........not that there's anything wrong with that. |
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Junior
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| Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 7:37 am Post subject: |
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| Space Bar wrote: |
| 1. If by "rise in homosexuality" you mean increased incidence, have you got any science to back up this assertion? |
Perhaps I meant increased cultural acceptance/ openness.
Rape and murder has always existed as well. Does it make it right, just because it has always been?
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| 2. And how do you explain identical twins raised together who are discordant for homosexuality? |
one got exposed to more mercury.
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| 3. Can you demonstrate that human homosexuality does not occur in pristine environments? |
Thats what the study suggests. At least as far as vertebrates are concerned. |
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Space Bar
Joined: 20 Oct 2010
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| Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 8:18 am Post subject: |
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| Junior wrote: |
| Space Bar wrote: |
| 1. If by "rise in homosexuality" you mean increased incidence, have you got any science to back up this assertion? |
Perhaps I meant increased cultural acceptance/ openness.
Rape and murder has always existed as well. Does it make it right, just because it has always been? |
Do you really believe we are more open now than in ancient Greece and Rome?
Since you are not referring to rise in incidence, your question is superfluous.
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| 2. And how do you explain identical twins raised together who are discordant for homosexuality? |
one got exposed to more mercury. |
So with identical genetics and pre- and postnatal environments, just how is that possible?
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| 3. Can you demonstrate that human homosexuality does not occur in pristine environments? |
Thats what the study suggests. At least as far as vertebrates are concerned. |
Only for male ibses. There are a whole host of other species in which homosexual behavior has been observed and where no contamination has been documented. |
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