Pets' symptoms tied to hormone cremes used by women

There have been worries about how antibiotics used in cattle might make their way into human meat-eaters' bloodstreams, encouraging the growth of antiobiotic-resistant bacteria.  Now it looks like the humans may be affecting the animals in a somewhat similar way.  Click on this link to read a Sarasota Herald Tribune (10-27-10) article about how pets, rubbing up against women who have applied an estrogen hormone creme are showing up at veterinarians with a variety of weird and scary symptoms.