The rise is indeed due to the increasing amounts of estrogen mimicking compounds that continue to taint our existence as a species. The most difficult part of the situation is to know the truth and yet see those severely affected follow like sheep into the clutches of the medical racket. They are nothing more than Walking cash generators to them. And they are often the ones pandering these artificial hormone mimicking compounds. See a trend here? Not to mention the agriculture industry is intertwined with the pharmaceutical industry. As an organic farmer, I can attest that the amount of vaccines used in even organic animals is outright disgusting and ridiculous. Non-organic farmers use antibiotics as growth hormones (look up payleen). The pharma industry makes so much money off of agriculture, and agriculture in turn provides the raw material for their sickening hormones and drugs. As a producer of animal products and an experienced agronomist, I can verify that the taint is disgusting and ever-present.