On February 19, the Guinea Pig Generations movement launches an awareness campaign entitled “Protect your hormones” aimed at 18-34 year olds. Endocrine disruptors and fertility do not mix well: hygiene, beauty, diet, sex… everyday actions can prove to be toxic, going so far as to disrupt the hormonal system and the reproductive organs. Générations guinea pigs recommends in particular to use only phthalate-free sex toys.
Générations guinea pigs understood it well, when it comes to health, prevention is better than cure. This is why the Guinea Pig Generations movement wishes to advance the knowledge of its generation through a questionnaire. Preliminary, solitary pleasures, then flirting until the big night, the different parts of the survey aim to identify the consumption habits of the participants. Once validated, Générations Cobayes offers, depending on the level of knowledge, to receive by email some simple advice to take care of your health.
Bisphenol A, parabens, phthalates, the angry words are tackled bluntly by Générations guinea pigs. The message sent is intended to be uninhibited « to continue to do yourself good without hurting yourself ».
Supporting scientific studies
The young people of the Guinea Pig Generation movement understood that their mother’s cancer, their uncle’s Parkinson’s disease, their little sister’s asthma or their cousin’s obesity, but also the difficulties encountered by their friends or classmates. to conceive a child, could be linked to environmental causes.
Supported by numerous researchers and scientists, Générations Cobayes is tackling an essential public health issue and hopes to succeed in mobilizing the government so that a strategy that meets the health and environmental challenges is finally adopted.
In the meantime, it is alongside the Notéo Institute that the Guinea Pig Generations movement is working to attract the attention of consumers, by relying (among others) on the results of a recently conducted study, based on some 15,000 products. Daily.
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Test your knowledge on generationscobayes.org
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Some numbers :
- In 50 years, semen quality has decreased by 50% globally and seminal volume by 25% [1]
- In France, for a 35-year-old man: decrease in the number of spermatozoa between 1989 and 2005 and increase in the number of malformed spermatozoa [2]
- Rate of couples unable to conceive after 12 months without contraception increased from 14% in 1991 to 24% in 2012 [3]
- Increase in genital malformations:
– hypospadias: malformation of the urethra which does not open at the end of the penis but in its lower part, which affects 0.2% and 4% of young French boys. The surgical intervention rate is 1.1 per 1000 per year with an annual increase of 1.2%.
– crytorchidism: non-descent of the testes into the scrotum, (+ 1.8% increase per year in surgical interventions) [4]
– testicular cancer: in 2008, the incidence (worldwide standardized rate per 100,000 people) was 6.7, increasing by 2.5% per year since 1998 [5] - Decrease in the age of puberty in girls in France: 18 years in the 19th century against 12 years today [6]
- 40% of hygiene / beauty products contain at least one endocrine disruptor (Study conducted by the Notéo Institute on a basis of 15,000 products, September 2013) *** Presentation of Générations Guinea Pig Collective of individuals and associations gathered around a Youth Appeal since 2009, on the basis of a simple foundation: “Because we cannot live in good health on a sick planet.” The young people of the collective intervene with the students, in particular directly on the campuses, as part of conferences entitled “Let’s talk about sex! »During which they address environmental health issues through the prism of sexual practices. It is in this same spirit that they conceived and presented in December 2013 “The 7 commandments of the eco-orgasm”. After two editions of “Greenpride”, the Youth Appeal launched the “Générations Cobayes” movement at the end of 2013, to bring together all those who want to continue to do themselves good without harming themselves.[1] E. Carlsen et al., « Evidence for decreasing quality of semen during past 50 years », British Medical Journal, vol 305/6854, September 1992, p 609-613[2] J. Le Moal et al., “Evolution of sperm concentration in France between 1989 and 2005 based on data from the Fivnat database”, Weekly epidemiological bulletin, February 21, 2012[3] R. Slama, “The fertility of couples in France”, Weekly epidemiological bulletin, n ° 7-8-9, February 2012[4] F. Suzan, “Cryptorchidism and hypospadias operated on in France in boys under 7 (1998-2008)”, Weekly epidemiological bulletin, n ° 7-8-9, February 2012[5] Y. Kudjawu, ”National evolution and regional variations in the rate of patients operated on for testicular cancer in France, 1998-2008”, Weekly epidemiological bulletin, n ° 7-8-9, February 2012[6] J. Tinggaard et al., “The physiology and timing of male puberty”, Current Opinion on Endocrinology, Diabetes and Obesity, vol. 19/3, June 2012
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