Falling sperm counts, declining egg quality, and endocrine disruptors

Post by Darmody » Tue, Feb 23, 2021, 11:48 AM UTC

RGamma wrote: post #169

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If you consider humans a disease, would you be ok with someone killing you? Because that's what you do to a disease, you get rid of it.

I'm thinking in terms of an organism going against its own ecosystem. Imagine if a new species of killer ant evolved that has no natural predators, procreates quickly and eats up its habitat. For a short while it's going to be the greatest species in its ecosystem... Of course we likely wouldn't see such an ant because it would have wiped itself out by resource exhaustion unless it adapted (or e.g. a natural predator…

  "Imagine if a new species of killer ant evolved that has no natural predators, procreates quickly and eats up its habitat. For a short while it's going to be the greatest species in its ecosystem..."

Post by creata » Tue, Feb 23, 2021, 11:51 AM UTC

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> Asians are probably eating less GMO soy I may be out of the loop here, but why do you say that? Are Asians particularly more GMO-averse than Americans?

I say that based on the two data points I quoted with sources. Presumably 'more than half' is less than 95 percent in most cases.

Post by ejolto » Tue, Feb 23, 2021, 11:53 AM UTC

DoingIsLearning wrote: post #114

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Not completely obviously! Micro plastics was hard since you kinda have to choose between bottled water or tap water! We got a water filter for this one. Heat meant loose underpants and no warm baths ever. Teflon- easy. Replace with a carbon steel pan. Improve your chef skills AND sperm! Western diet is basically high sugar and refined carbs. Just didn’t eat anything with refined sugar on the label in any amount whats…

> We got a water filter for this one. Is that enough? I keep reading about how microplastics can be too small for a carbon filter and that you would need a reverse osmosis device, to completely remove plastics. I can't say am really sold on using a device with a plastic membrane to completely remove plastics. All the online materials on the topic are for the majority just product placements, it feels very disorientin…

Post by danlugo92 » Tue, Feb 23, 2021, 11:55 AM UTC

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I wonder if it's Teflon in general or damaged Teflon pans - many people do not used them correctly, overheat them and have damaged coatings that leak chemicals. You can go check perfectly fine pans having 1-star Amazon reviews "Pan sticking after a month!".

In my experience, Teflon will always be scratched. Yes, in theory you could "use it correctly", but nobody ever does. So it's better to simply not have them.

Post by stickfigure » Tue, Feb 23, 2021, 11:58 AM UTC

DoreenMichele wrote: post #176

eyko wrote: post #174

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> They are typically made to improve profit in some fashion, not to improve human health. The main goals of GMOs are to increase yield and protect against disease / pests, which is practically the same goal we've had for thousands of years of crop domestication. Take for instance wild pre-domesticated maize vs present day non-GMO maize[1] and you'll see what "natural" crop selection does. Not only do we select for st…

we've been eating GMOs for millenia. That's a little like saying "There's zero difference between traditional animal husbandry and cloning." Sorry, I think there is a meaningful distinction between traditional human intervention in plant varieties and the more recent intervention called GMO. Most of the world seems to agree that there is a distinction, enough so that we invented new language for what it is we are doi…