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1 in 5? That seems, well, like nonsense.
by cujo 12y ago
1 in 5? That seems, well, like nonsense.
- electromagnetic 12y agoGiven they're estimating up to 1/3 of women could have PCOS, which is caused by testosterone... the hormone BPA is supposed to interfere with, 1/5 is actually comparatively low. I know about 10% of women have fertility complications due to PCOS, so attributing an alleged 1/5 to BPA is laughable. Infertility is evolutionarily advantageous in a species that requires a lot of parental investment. The fertility rate of women in the 16-25 is insanely high, given there used to be a near 20% mortality per pregnancy. The majority of the infertility is due to advanced age, and nothing else. A woman in her late 30s has almost the same chance of getting pregnant in a year that a teenager does in a month.