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Lemme guess.... microplastics, higher temps (balls are outside the body to maintain a cooler temperature).
No, endocrine disrupting chemicals - which include pesticides, bisphenols, and phthalates.
I stand corrected, my guess was wrong!
It's very frustrating, feels like as end-users & citizens we have no control over our exposure to these chemicals.
We don't. And bisphenols are in a TON of plastic (including the plastic food and drink comes in and is kept in) which lower testosterone and raise estrogen levels.