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Puberty Coming Earlier
An epidemic of early puberty is hitting young girls in the U.S. Among Caucasian girls in the U.S. today, 1 in every 7 starts to develop breasts or pubic hair by age 8, and among African American girls in the U.S., the figure is nearly 1 out of every 2.
Secondary sexual characteristics and menses in young girls seen in office practice: a study from the pediatric research in office settings network. Pediatrics 99(4):505-512, 1997.
Herman-Giddens, ME, EJ Slora, RC Wasserman, CJ Bourdony, MV Bhapkar, GG Koch and CM Hasemeir. 1997.
Herman-Giddens et al. analyze data rating stages of sexual maturation in 17,077 girls ages 3 through 12 in the United States. Of the sample, 9.6% were African-American and 90.4% were white.
Even at the age of 3, the youngest in the study, 3% of African-American girls and 1% of white girls showed breast and/or pubic hair development, with proportions increasing to 27.2% and 6.7%, respectively, at 7 years of age. At age 8 the percentages are 48.3% and 14.7%.
Prevalence of breast development at Tanner stage 2 or greater by age and race. Prevalence of pubic hair development at Tanner stage 2 or greater by age and race.
The mean age for onset of breast development was 8.87 years for African-American girls and 9.96 years for white girls; for onset of pubic hair development mean ages were 8.78 years and 10.51 years, respectivel
What is so extremely worrisome is that brain development is greatly reduced at the onset of puberty, as the body shifts to sexual development.
No, this phenomenon is man-made - by the ignorant and irresponsible use of chemicals in our food and environments. And since the Puerto Rican horror story also includes boys with well developed breasts, some as young as 4 and 5 years-old, it is quite clear that female growth hormones - most likely the estrogen fed to chickens (Puerto Rico is a major producer of chickens for the US fast food market), and/or the pseudo-estrogens in many common plastics, are involved.
They found that the median age of menarche in contemporary British teenagers is around 13 years and that there has been no appreciable recent decrease in menarcheal age.
So, now we have to ask why in the US, and not in Britain?