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Alternatively, some forever chemicals are at work, bringing down our fertility even more than our affluent lifestyle. Even poorer populations such as the Roma i
by inglor_cz 4y ago
Alternatively, some forever chemicals are at work, bringing down our fertility even more than our affluent lifestyle. Even poorer populations such as the Roma in Eastern Europe have measurably fewer children than in 1990.
We are always looking for societal explanations and ignore possible effects of biology / chemistry. It is unpleasant to realize that we are biological machines that are fairly resilient, but will still break down or malfunction in certain environment.
- red-iron-pine 4y agoI'd bet it has as much to do with obesity as forever chemicals screwing with the endocrine system.
- Tepix 4y agoBut many of the small island nations in the Pacific with mostly obese population like Vanuatu have a high birth rate still.