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"From 1973 to 2011, there was a decline of more than 50 percent in sperm counts among men living in North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand." "The res
by Richard_East 7y ago
"From 1973 to 2011, there was a decline of more than 50 percent in sperm counts among men living in North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand."
"The researchers said that they cannot determine from their data what might have caused the decline, but it could be related to environmental or lifestyle factors."
https://www.livescience.com/59948-sperm-count-drop-western-men.html https://www.livescience.com/59948-sperm-count-drop-western-m...
- longtom 7y agoA link has been found to some household chemicals (diethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) and polychlorinated biphenyl 153 (PCB153)) affecting dogs: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/fertility-problems-mans-best-friend-could-spell-trouble-men-180960099/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/fertility-problems...
- linuxftw 7y agoThe world is full of chemicals right now. One day, humanity will look back at the last 100 years (and probably the next 50) and wonder what we were thinking.
- RcouF1uZ4gsC 7y agoMaybe, but I would have preferred to live in the last 100 years, than at any other time in the past. Despite all those chemicals, we have had longer life expectancies, better quality of life, and less suffering.
- cortesoft 7y agoThe world is made up of ONLY chemicals, now and forever
- jagannathtech 7y agoThat's just pedantic. It is implied that the issue is 'synthetic chemicals'
- cortesoft 7y agoThat is still an overly broad category to be worried about in general... just because something is synthetic doesn't mean it is more or less dangerous than a non-synthetic thing.
- linuxftw 7y agoNon-naturally occurring chemicals, or at least chemicals that we weren't traditionally exposed to in great abundance. Like laundry detergent and conventional shampoo. Those are probably terrible for the environment. When we ban one, companies just create another one.
- not_alex_archer 7y agoIt's not really pedantic because toxicity is in the dosage
- linuxftw 7y agoToxicity is one measure. What about endocrine disruption? What ability long-term effects like cancer? And that's just for humans. We don't know how some of these compounds that end up in our waterways are affecting marine line.
- ArlenBales 7y agoEasily correlated to other factors such as the surge in obesity and diabetes since the 1970s.