Phil Donahue Appointed National Phthalates During Pregnancy Association (NPDPA) Spokesma....Spokesperson

Unfortunate little revelation here from study results announced in the International Journal of Andrology where women who had been exposed to certain types of a substance known as "phthlates" gave birth to sons who exhibited "less masculine" forms of play behavior.

Apparently, the two forms of phthlates that were most attributable to this outcome are prevalent in products ranging from hospital surgical tubing to cosmetics. Anyway, thank goodness we aren't testing these sorts of things on animals...it's just so much better when we find out about outcomes like this when little Johnny asks Santa for a Barbie and Ken Playhouse.

By the way, just how long have these phthlates been around anyway?