Cynthia’s Interests

Phthalates are feminizing boys

Phthalates are chemical substances that make PVC plastic soft and flexible. They are widely used in products such as food wrappings, vinyl shower curtains, and cosmetics. They are also used in soft plastic toys and other baby products, such as teething rings and rattles. Phthalates can leach out of plastic over time.

A recent study looked at phthalate levels in the urine of 85 pregnant women, then studied the genital development of their babies. The boys from the most highly exposed mothers were ten times more likely to have impaired genital development than boys from the least exposed mothers.

Why would anyone put the heads of Obama and Clinton on nude bodies belonging to other people and leave Guiliani fully dress? Is this racism and sexism at its finest?

Radar Magazine: As the 2008 race for the White House kicks off, Radar’s politics issue gets personal with the top candidates…

What are the chances?

Cheney & Obama are distant cousins. Don’t they look alike?

The VP’s wife, Lynne Cheney said she discovered that her husband of 43 years is eighth cousins with the senator from Illinois. The common ancestor was Mareen Devall, who the Chicago Sun-Times said was a 17th century immigrant from France. Mrs. Cheney said she discovered the link through family research for her new book, "Blue Skies, No Fences," about growing up in Wyoming.

If people are at least 10% different, is race biological inexistent like some of us think? Many of us really don’t understand math and science and we make the mistake of making uneducated guesses based upon the little knowledge we have heard or think we know.

New research shows that at least 10 percent of genes in the human population can vary in the number of copies of DNA sequences they contain—a finding that alters current thinking that the DNA of any two humans is 99.9 percent similar in content and identity.

Beware of those bearing gifts.

Children in northern Nigeria have been infected with polio by the vaccine designed to prevent it.

How is this fair? African Americans can’t even get the 40 acres and the mule that was promised, but the Jews can get at least $8 billion or more…

The US diplomat seeking compensation and restitution for holocaust survivors and descendants of victims said that cash payments have reached $8 billion, and negotiations are under way for more.

This shows who is in control of the government. These are the people that should be targeted instead of the immigrants. If corporations are fined if they hire illegal immigrants, the problem would be solved.

In a 22-page ruling, Breyer said the plaintiffs—an unusual coalition that included the AFL-CIO, the American Civil Liberties Union and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce—had raised serious questions about the legality of the administration’s plan to mail Social Security "no-match" letters to 140,000 U.S. employers.

John F Kennedy’s closest living aide has anointed Barack Obama as the heir to the assassinated president’s legacy and predicted that Hillary Clinton would lose an election to a Republican.

Something is seriously wrong with the Negroes in Georgia… Hillary Clinton? Where is the racial pride? They got rid of Cynthia McKinney and now they have the nerves to endorse Hillary Clinton. Geeze!

Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton won the endorsement of civil rights leader John Lewis, a U.S. representative from Georgia.

Some people were thinking if Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize then he would run for president. I hope this is not the case. The man had his chance and pissed on it.

Former Vice President Al Gore and the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to spread awareness of man-made climate change.