PieFed.WorldAction needed on plastic additives linked to sperm decline, experts warn
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Action must be taken to curb the use of plastic additives linked to plummeting sperm counts, a leading reproductive scientist has warned, as splits over chemical regulation contributed to the collapse of a crucial treaty on plastic pollution.
Across the world, sperm counts have been declining at a rate of about 1% a year for the past 50 years, and human fertility has been diminishing at a similar rate, studies have shown.
Increasing levels of obesity, sedentary lifestyles and ageing populations have all been held up as possible causes. But according to Dr Shanna Swan, professor of environmental medicine and public health at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City, environmental factors play the most significant role.
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Whenever I think about the movie Children of Men, all I can think is that the answer to the Human Project's question was microplastics.
Instead of asking why women couldn't have children anymore, they should have been checking men for forever confetti in their balls.
No, don't. The planet needs to heal, we can do with fewer people until we finally figure our shit out
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brvslvrnstBut I was informed this was because of soy, and that I need to eat more meat to gas those numbers!
This is why I think micro plastics will be the nail in humanity's coffin, not climate change.
We can survive by digging down, but not if we can't make more humans.
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Tl:Dr: Phthalates are endocrine disrupters
The Barbie Girl song was so ahead of it's time apparently.