[analognoise]

Given lavender's known negative effects on developing boys, I think it should only be available in a medical environment, or extensively labeled and regulated.

If this destroys the oily-MLM huns, that would be a side benefit.

[nate_meurer]

There are no known negative effects on developing boys. See my comments down-thread. The "studies" purporting to show hormonal effects were extremely low-quality, and have not been reproduced. Other more recent studies are only in-vitro, and in-vitro hormonal effects do not translate well in living humans.

Besides, lavender shares a chemical makeup with many other common herbs and foods, or combinations thereof, and nobody is claiming that those disrupt our hormones. The whole hypothesis doesn't pass the smell test.