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Warpy

(113,131 posts)
Wed Nov 15, 2023, 01:50 PM Nov 2023

50 Years of Data Links Insecticides to Global Decline of Human Sperm Counts

Insecticide exposure has been linked to lower sperm concentration in adult men worldwide, according to a new review of 25 studies spanning almost 50 years. The research team from Italy and the US says it's the most thorough systematic review of the topic so far.

These are strong findings as their method takes into account each study's limitations, so their published paper recommends reducing exposure to the two types of insecticides studied to preserve male fertility and increase the changes of parenthood.

"Understanding how insecticides affect sperm concentration in humans is critical given their ubiquity in the environment and documented reproductive hazards," says first author Lauren Ellis, a population health scientist at Northeastern University.]]

https://www.sciencealert.com/50-years-of-data-links-insecticides-to-global-decline-of-human-sperm-counts

So much for blaming it all on women for being educated, going out to work for pay, using birth control to plan their families, for being sassy when the partner's being a jerk, and for divorcing them.

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50 Years of Data Links Insecticides to Global Decline of Human Sperm Counts (Original Post) Warpy Nov 2023 OP
Joni had it right all along ... dweller Nov 2023 #1
You might want to specify Mitchell rather than Ernist Warpy Nov 2023 #2

dweller

(25,138 posts)
1. Joni had it right all along ...
Wed Nov 15, 2023, 02:32 PM
Nov 2023

Give me spots on my apples
But leave me the birds and the bees
Please!

Ayup

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Warpy

(113,131 posts)
2. You might want to specify Mitchell rather than Ernist
Wed Nov 15, 2023, 03:10 PM
Nov 2023

so DUers under 30 won't be really confused.

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