Over the past two centuries the menstruation cycle of women has come earlier and earlier in the female life. In the 1800's the normal age to get one's period was 17, the 1900's was around 14 and now the normal age is around 12. Accompanied with these cycles are also early onset cases of breast cancer. The only great thing that has changed in the lives of these women in these past two centuries are the amounts of chemicals in the air, cars, and even in our kitchens. Also over the past 30 years the amount of breast cancer cases has also increased from about 1 percent to 12 percent.
At the rate of exposure to our younger generations, they will be hitting menstruation earlier and earlier and developing cases of breast cancer at the young age of 10. Girls today are forced to grow up quickly not only by our societies and networks but also apparently by nature itself. Granted that nature was altered by man, females still are having to deal with stressful events in their lives such as wild hormones, embarrassing moments, loss of innocence and more.
Mr. Kristof believes that these early aging effects are caused by the plastics we use in the kitchen. Could it be that tupperware is on its way to eliminating the female gender? Well it's certainly doing something. Consider every time that you microwave something, or heat any sort of plastic that you could be harming the women in your family, or even yourself.
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