Men everywhere are taking notice after experts warned that chemicals that are in non-stick frying pans are making men’s penises shrink.

Non-stick cookware reportedly contain contain perfluoroalkyl compounds (PFCs), which can have a devastating affect on men. A study conducted by the University of Padua found that men who are exposed to PFCs in their youths (or whose parents were exposed) have smaller penises.

The study found that high levels of PFCs could reduce penis size by 12.5% and thickness by 6.3%. Men who were exposed to PFCs also had fewer and less mobile sperm, thereby reducing their fertility.

The researchers who conducted the study looked at 212 males from the Veneto region in northeastern Italy who had been exposed to PFCs in some way. This area of Italy is known to have some of the heaviest environmental PFC pollution in the world after industrial use caused drinking water contamination.

The researchers also looked at 171 men from other PFC-heavy regions around the world, including the mid-Ohio valley region of Virginia, the Dordrecht area in the Netherlands, and the Shandong district in China.

“We found that increased levels of PFCs in plasma and seminal fluid positively correlate with circulating testosterone and with a reduction of semen quality, testicular volume, penile length, and AGD [anogenital distance],” the researchers concluded. “This study documents that PFCs have a substantial impact on human health as they interfere with hormonal pathways, potentially leading to male infertility.”

The Environmental Working Group states that PFCs “will persist indefinitely even if banned, and will continually redistribute throughout the environment, the food chain, and the human population.”

We’re sure that the results of this study will have all men avoiding PFCs as much as possible!