Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the herbicide atrazine in water is contributing to youth experiencing “sexual dysphoria.” Atrazine may affect human health, but there is no evidence linking it to gender dysphoria or being transgender.
, like reduced sex drive, fatigue, increased body fat, and depression, it has not been associated with gender dysphoria or being transgender, experts said.young people are identifying as transgender or gender-nonconforming.
"Sexual dysphoria" is not a medical term and Kennedy’s team did not respond when we asked for clarification of that phrase.is the experience of distress that can occur when a person’s gender identity does not match their sex assigned at birth. A 2010 study in frogs that Kennedy appeared to refer to found evidence that atrazine exposure has a feminizing effect on frogs and can cause genetically male frogs to develop ovaries. But biological differences mean those findings cannot be unilaterally applied to humans. The frog study’s lead researcher said there is currently no data to support Kennedy’s claim.Interview with Tyrone B.
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