Steroids and health

Could God's gift of nature be changed by man?  Could infertility in both men and women be man made?  Could the pollution in our water supply be bad for your health?  Should your roof be painted white or should the one making the suggestion be committed?  Is there a hidden agenda?  Is the Vatican crazy?  A wise old saying, God always forgives, man sometimes forgives, but mother nature never forgives.  

Early in 2009, the official Vatican newspaper L'Observatore Romano charged that environmental contamination by oral contraceptives is to blame for a devastating increase in infertility in men.  The article quoted Pedro Jose Maria Simon Castellvi, President of the International Federation of Catholic Medical Associations, " use of the pill for some years had a devastating effect on the environment by releasing tons of hormones into nature through female urine."  Immediately, there was a media outcry criticizing the Vatican, however time has vindicated the Vatican.  It's not crazy, the mainstream media was.

Let's take the word steroid.  It is a buzz word in recent years.  Athletes use it regularly to help enhance their skills.  Much has been made by Congressional hearings on the use of steroids by professional athletes.  In fact, most Americans have an opinion on steroids, but do they know the truth?  The word steroids encompasses a large class of biological molecules.  The main sex hormones are also steroids.  Few in the public are aware that oral contraceptives ( the Pill, Plan B, and RU 486) are all steroids.  

Infertility among both men and women is a growing problem and we might add, a lucrative business.  Infertility in women is easier to explain than in men.  Women have for years taken contraceptive pills, sexually transmitted diseases have scarred the tubes and delay in childbearing have all contributed to infertility.  Infertility in men, however, is not as well publicized, but recent evidence is troubling.  In recent years many studies have documented lower sperm counts and poor sperm quality in men whose blood contains higher levels of certain pesticides and industrial contaminants.  No studies of blood of estrogenic pharmaceuticals have been published.  Some medical studies believe that contraceptive steroids are the culprit, however, because of our culture, no definitive study has been published.

I think the facts speak for themselves.  If females are effected by the steroids, certainly the males are also effected.  Perhaps our society should start calling the Pill, hormones, Plan B, RU 486 what they really are, steroids.  If they are bad for professional athletes and Congress gets involved, why haven't they gotten involved in the real steroid problem?   Maybe, they should live in the houses with the white roofs.     

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