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There is a significant ongoing decline in sperm counts of Western men
- spodek 9y agoThat guy has a big smile for delivering that news. Unnerving as the first thing you see when the story comes up. The video is more unnerving: greater than 50% drop measured, apparently still continuing, little interest in stopping the causes, significant health implications.
- imartin2k 9y agoThis story is several months old and has been on the frontpage before https://hn.algolia.com/?query=sperm%20count&sort=byPopularity&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?query=sperm%20count&sort=byPopularit...
- notacoward 9y agoI've seen many theories about this. The most recent suggests ibuprofen might be a culprit. https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/08/health/ibuprofen-male-fertility-study/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/08/health/ibuprofen-male-fertili...
- oceanghost 9y agoIf anything, I'm more fertile than ever.
- moneytide1 9y agoIt's not about incapacity to fertilize - it's evolution of reproductive effectiveness. Less is more.