( WTEN) – Being a vegetarian is a growing trend. People do it for animal prosperity, the environment and their health. Well, PETA is taking the movement to a whole new level.
PETA is claiming that eating chicken could affect your unborn child’s penis.
According to the video and iflscience.com, phthalate – a family of chemicals used in plastics, paints and packaging leads to male children being born with a smaller penis. The video goes on to say that these phthalates have been found in chicken flesh. In their words: “The more chicken consumed, the smaller the dick.”
The study PETA is referring to is a 2008 report by the National Institute of Health. The report manuscript itself doesn’t make any explicit link between chicken and a child’s penis size, or in fact any reference to chicken at all.
Talking about how people might come into contact with said chemicals, the report says “Phthalates have been measured in residential indoor environments in both house dust and indoor air. They have also been measured in foods, milk and drinking water. However, the relative contribution from the various sources and routes of exposure to phthalates is unknown.”
Ben Williamson, senior international media director at PETA, told VICE: “PETA’s humorous new video is simply trying to warn potential new parents about the link between eating chicken and stunted penis growth. Chicken flesh has been shown to cause higher levels of the phthalate Mono (2-ethylhexyl), or MEHP as its better known. That’s a fancy name for a chemical that can shrink the penises of unborn children,” he said. “Our new ad is simply trying to help people who are concerned about the development of their unborn child. It’s a humorous video with a serious message.”