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Sperm counts, too, have dropped precipitously.
Seems like a minor issue, since most men only utilize their sperm two or three times in their entire lives, if at all. Maybe men should be freezing sperm while they're young and virile.
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That is not how biology works
While I mostly agree with your statement there's evidence that testosterone is linked to social status and mental well being. A 50% drop most likely has a multifactorial explanation, being told that some traditional male traits are bad (and thus lower well being or social status) or medicated away (see e.g the rise in ADHD and Autism diagnosis) might have some effect. I'm not nearly knowledgable enough to give any re…
As well as a zillion other things. And "linked" in which direction?
Of course, PFAS and microplastics aren’t great for sperm health, but neither were leaded gasoline and DDT before they were curtailed.
So if levels are falling, is prostate cancer lowering a little bit ? But that will be hard to determine due to the advancement of Medical Treatment over the past 50 years.
> Rising levels of obesity and diabetes
Plastic Bottles also replaced glass starting in the early 70s too. I remember reading some type of plastic can leak estrogen into the food. So seems a lot of things happened of the past 50/60 years that will impact ones health negatively.
It’s the one problem you can see in plain sight at any gathering of people.
I'm old, but I get this subjective read: of my friends and even family who had sons, they seemed smaller and less bold than we were 50 years ago.
Lead Paint elimination started in the Early 70s IIRC, so the same time period :)
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In other words, if you’re looking for a boogeyman, blame sedentary lifestyles and ultra processed foods.
“The solution that’s being promoted is that we give you testosterone,” he said. “But if you give a man testosterone, you switch off his sperm production. I’ve seen that in the clinic.” Interesting…