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Can Climate Change Affect Your Period? A Study Linked Air Pollution To Irregular Cycles & This Might Be Why

When it comes to menstrual cycles, everyone is different, and having an irregular cycle doesn’t necessarily mean you need medical help. But a new study pinpoints a troubling cause for irregular cycles: you’re more likely to have an irregular period if you breathed in polluted air as a teenager, according to research published in journal Human Reproduction. Air pollution is damaging to the environment and to our health — pollution is one of the leading causes of premature death, according to a study from 2015, and it’s getting worse thanks to climate change. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, climate change affects the quality of our air, and researchers don’t fully know the extent yet. It’s reasonable to assume that as air pollution worsens worldwide, climate change may indeed affect our periods in surprisingly profound ways.

Researchers from Boston University Medical Campus and Harvard School of Public Health analyzed data from 34,832 women and compared menstrual cycle irregularity to exposure to air pollution during their high school years. As pollutants increased, so did the chances of period irregularity. The explanation for this is simple but sobering, according to the study: “The menstrual cycle is responsive to hormonal regulation. Particulate matter air pollution has demonstrated hormonal activity.” Essentially, pollutants can affect our bodies in unexpected ways. A 2017 study found that air pollutants can change our metabolism and increase stress, and this new research provides additional evidence to support the idea that pollutants can interfere with our hormones.

You see what they’re doing: linking real air pollution to their belief that CO2 is the control knob that’s causing temperatures to go up. These are two separate issues, but, Warmists must link everything to their pet cult.

The article continues on, noting things like low income people, especially Blacks and Latinos, tend to be exposed to air pollution more than other classes. And, of course, they have to say that these same poor people are most effected by Hotcoldwetdry. Then we learn “Stress and diet are two other things that can affect your period regularity,” which is true, and they go into “food deserts” and such, ending with

This is the crux of the issue: The factors that can affect your menstrual cycle — diet, stress, air pollution — are things that minorities and low-income families struggle with at disproportionate rates. This new research is troubling regardless of how you look at it — it’s a reminder that climate change is real, and it’s affecting our bodies in worrying ways. But it’s also a reminder that marginalized people face a higher risk when it comes to health and environmental issues, and vulnerable populations will feel the impact of worsening air quality.

How is it a reminder? These are separate issues. But, again, in Warmist World, everything is linked to their insane beliefs. Well, except for giving up their own use of fossil fuels and making their own lives carbon neutral.

BTW, it’s rather ironic that the worst air pollution tends to occur in areas run by people (Leftists) who tend to believe in anthropogenic climate change, eh?