Endocrine disrupters make Japanese kids abnormal

[Taro Toporific]

Endocrine disrupters shown to promote violent behavior
Yomiuri / July 10
.... researchers have stepped up their efforts to determine what role endocrine disrupters play in the abnormal behavior of children, such as the sixth-grade primary school girl in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, who allegedly used a box cutter to kill a classmate in June.
...in the mid-1990s, researchers learned that even an extremely small amount of an endocrine disrupter could lead to smaller teste on carp and smaller penises on crocodiles, while male fish exhibited more female traits....
...in Japan, researchers have singled out about 70 chemical substances as potential endocrine disrupters, including insecticide DDT, dioxin, PCB, plastics, BPA and nonylphenol. There was a national campaign to determine the damage such substances cause, but efforts have lagged of late....

[AssKissinger]

allegedly used a box cutter to kill a classmate in June

It may have been a cookie cutter.