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I wonder how substantiated these numbers are but I can't deny that IVF facilities have been very very busy all over. In Canada, fertility treatment rate increas

• yorwba 8y ago
  > plastic everywhere, RF radiation through wifi, chemical infested food and toys etc. All of these are common in China as well. There is a lucrative business in importing baby formula from Western countries due to past food safety scandals. But maybe the differing onset of that kind of pollution would still allow treating it as a natural experiment.
• christinamltn 8y ago
  Those stats don't imply anything about fertility rates. IVF has gotten far more accessible and affordable since the early 1980s. The 1 in 8 stat was likely just as true in 1984, it just meant they'd been trying for a year without success. Now that gets you a referral to a clinic (and you're more likely to accept that referral).