Global sperm production decline

[tenaciousQoS]

A very interesting study shows a global reduction in sperm production specifically in the developed world.

Sperm counts are falling precipitously across the rich world

Harmful chemicals commonly found in the home could be to blame

www.economist.com

 

[sub4aBBCMaster]

It has been known since the 1990's (am not sure when it was first discovered) that there is a continual rise in synthetic estrogen into the water due to the use of plastics. The chemicals are hard to remove and end up in the water supply, reducing male fertility and increasing the frequency of feminine features in some men.

This should reduce male fertility, which is needed as the global population has doubled in the last 50 years and quadrupled in the last 100 years. Global pandemics have previously drastically reduced population, e.g. the plague killed up to 60% of the population in some countri3s. During the first 12 months of the Covid pandemic the global population did not decline rapidly, but continued to increase by 81 million.