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Some insist that it causes infertility issues, but the scientific jury is still out on this one.
by missedthecue 5y ago
Some insist that it causes infertility issues, but the scientific jury is still out on this one.
- parineum 5y agoThis seems like the go-to FUD or, more likely, the possible consequence people glom onto when it's reported/suggested. Like you said though, jury is still out. I obviously don't expect it to turn out to be good for humanity but I just wonder if there's any documented side effect, to humanity or the ecosystem/biosphere. I have to imagine you can also find an amount of glass of similar similar size all around. The only saving grace for glass is that it doesn't float.
- knodi123 5y agoof note, fertility issues were also one of the main symptoms of evil witchcraft, back in the days when witchcraft was considered a valid health concern.
- wander_homer 5y agoSure, let's compare some theories which are currently being investigated by scientists, which could explain the decline in fertility in the last decades in millions if not billions of people, with the folk tales when some men couldn't get an erection a couple hundred years ago.
- knodi123 5y agoI'm just saying that this particular symptom is a vague which has been attributed to the boogey-man-of-the-week for a thousand years.