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Plummeting sperm counts, shrinking penises: toxic chemicals threaten humanity
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The end of humankind? It may be coming sooner than we think, thanks to hormone-disrupting chemicals that are decimating fertility at an alarming rate around the globe. A new book called Countdown, by Shanna Swan, an environmental and reproductive epidemiologist at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, finds that sperm counts have dropped almost 60% since 1973. Following the trajectory we are on, Swan’s research suggests sperm counts could reach zero by 2045. Zero. Let that sink in. That would mean no babies. No reproduction. No more humans. Forgive me for asking: why isn’t the UN calling an emergency meeting on this right now?
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The chemicals to blame for this crisis are found in everything from plastic containers and food wrapping, to waterproof clothes and fragrances in cleaning products, to soaps and shampoos, to electronics and carpeting. Some of them, called PFAS, are known as “forever chemicals”, because they don’t breakdown in the environment or the human body. They just accumulate and accumulate – doing more and more damage, minute by minute, hour by hour, day by day. Now, it seems, humanity is reaching a breaking point.
Swan’s book is staggering in its findings. “In some parts of the world, the average twentysomething woman today is less fertile than her grandmother was at 35,” Swan writes. In addition to that, Swan finds that, on average, a man today will have half of the sperm his grandfather had. “The current state of reproductive affairs can’t continue much longer without threatening human survival,” writes Swan, adding: “It’s a global existential crisis.” That’s not hyperbole. That’s just science.
As if this wasn’t terrifying enough, Swan’s research finds that these chemicals aren’t just dramatically reducing semen quality, they are also shrinking penis size and volume of the testes. This is nothing short of a full-scale emergency for humanity.
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I know this is a serious subject but this line had me laughing - "they are also shrinking penis size. this is nothing short of a full-scale emergency."
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If this is correct, then climate change is sorted. Who cares what temperature it'll be if there's no-one around to appreciate it? Imagine it's true. We'd be near the last generation of humans. One two or three left before humans are wiped out.
Then you have to wonder, what matters? And mulling over this, I am surprised how much my values are predicated on the ongoing survival of the human race. If we're in a sinking liferaft, no ambitions are worth a thing. All we'd have is perhaps the notion of trying to be kind to each other. What else can you do? What else would matter?
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Not only climate change, it is good not to have to worry about what people will be like in another 100 years.
I was watching an episode of Escape to the Country the other day and they interviewed a boot-maker who said that in the 1960's the average boot size was 5-7 and now it is 7-9. That surprised me too, it's a big change to happen so fast.
I guess I have believed for quite a long time that we are coming to an end sooner rather than later. yes, being kind to each other - pain relief body and soul. let people follow their dreams.
Modified by lesley at Sat, Mar 20, 2021, 16:48:09
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