Sperm Count Is Falling In France, And Globally, Too, Study Says

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A biggest-of-its-kind study suggests that sperm counts are falling. By a lot. Researchers studied French men from 1989 to 2005, measuring their sperm counts regularly, and found that counts fell about one third in that 16-year period, from 74 million per milliliter to about 50 million. A steady yearly decrease of about 2 percent took it that low.
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But also:
A caveat: Studies on sperm counts have long been mired in controversy, as The Guardian writes, and the French study isn’t necessarily different just because it’s so expansive. The researchers may have sidestepped some issues but still run into others, like not accounting for the men’s socioeconomic status in the study, or not fully considering that doctors are getting better at measuring sperm count. As one scientist told the paper, “Sperm counting is difficult!”
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If there is a drop in sperm count, it’s not clear what would be causing it, either. We don’t have the whole picture just yet.
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Just as a caveat: If the French study is indeed correct, what could cause a wide drop in sperm count? I know that hormones from birth control pills have caused issues in fish living near waste water discharge pipes, but I wonder how these hormones (which don’t break down in nature) affect human males.
 
You only need one

(I know, someone’s going to post and say you need two, but it’s not quite as funny)
 
There are flaws in the study that make me doubt the numbers. Relying on these numbers, 50 million per ml on average is still plenty of “little guys” to procreate. I’ve never, ever thought of myself as a millionaire before…Perhaps that’s God’s twisted way of granting me my wish.
 
chÃo anh em, chúc anh em luôn vui v?, like it hì bên mình lÃm?nh cu?idi kèm d?ch v? ch?p ?nh cu?i theo yêu c?u anh em UH mình nhé thanks
 
triumphguy said:
You only need one
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Dr. Ruth Westheimer, who was responsible for the remainder of my sex education where Catholic school left off (something about salmon), was known to say “one fast one!”

And I wouldn’t be surprised if this had something to do with increased levels of estrogen and other junk in the water supply, due mostly to widespread use of medications such as the contraceptive pill.

But we’re always welcome to have a conspiracy theory about it.
 
LotusCarsLtd said:
popsci.com/science/article/2012-12/sperm-count-has-fallen-one-third-france-biggest-ever-study-suggests

But also:

Just as a caveat: If the French study is indeed correct, what could cause a wide drop in sperm count? I know that hormones from birth control pills have caused issues in fish living near waste water discharge pipes, but I wonder how these hormones (which don’t break down in nature) affect human males.
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I think it may also have to do with the over processing of food and all of the junk put in food, not to mention the dna of food being altered to create certain traits in food. The same things that’s making obesity so prevalent today also.
 
Skye_Ariel said:
I think it may also have to do with the over processing of food and all of the junk put in food, not to mention the dna of food being altered to create certain traits in food. The same things that’s making obesity so prevalent today also.
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I wonder, has anybody done a study on the amount of hormones in our water supply due to birth control pills?

I know that the hormones in these pills are not utilized by the body and are literally flushed away thus contaminating our water sources. I wonder how big a role they play.
 
Sarcelle said:
I wonder, has anybody done a study on the amount of hormones in our water supply due to birth control pills?

I know that the hormones in these pills are not utilized by the body and are literally flushed away thus contaminating our water sources. I wonder how big a role they play.
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Yes, I believe that plays a big role too. That’s why I only used filtered water. I don’t know what they put in the water but I know when I moved to Arizona and was drinking the water, I noticed it tasted very different and it also upset my stomach a little, my neighbor from New York experienced the same thing. I started drinking filtered water since then and have been fine. 👍 I love living in Arizona but the water here is yucky. So I do think there are drugs from birth control as well as other drug residue in the water. I think it’s always been in water all over the US, it just wasn’t bad enough for me to notice it like I can here in Arizona. So noticing it was a good thing, because if not, I would still be drinking plain tap water.
 
I have to wonder a bit about this. How many red-blooded manly guys are going to volunteer for a sperm count at all? Doesn’t even come close to passing the “eeewwwwww” test. And these test subjects did it for SIXTEEN YEARS! :eek:
 
Hmm, could it be that we only have so much sperm to give and promiscuity, and masturbation being so prevalent, is the cause of this decrease ?

It would makes Catholic teaching on the issues to have deeper truth than realized.

Jim
 
LotusCarsLtd said:
popsci.com/science/article/2012-12/sperm-count-has-fallen-one-third-france-biggest-ever-study-suggests

But also:

Just as a caveat: If the French study is indeed correct, what could cause a wide drop in sperm count? I know that hormones from birth control pills have caused issues in fish living near waste water discharge pipes, but I wonder how these hormones (which don’t break down in nature) affect human males.
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One of the answers is the chemical BPA (Bisphenol A):
Bisphenol A can be found in food packaging (the primary source of human exposure), DVDs, paper coatings, and automotive equipment, among other products. Releases of the chemical to the environment exceed 1 million pounds per year, according to a recent report by the Environmental Protection Agency.
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msnbc.msn.com/id/39888170/ns/health-mens_health/t/high-bpa-levels-dont-swim-well-sperm/

Regardless if you’re a man or a woman, watch out for BPA.

It’s especially prevalent in high levels in **ALL **canned food (e.g., canned soup) and all computer printed store receipts.
The chemical has already been banned from baby bottles, but still persists in food packaging and other things, like some kinds of receipts. Because the chemical looks a lot like the hormone estrogen, researchers and the general public are worried that it may have negative effects, especially during development.
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businessinsider.com/bisphenol-a-and-teen-obesity-2012-9
BPA is often found in thermal paper receipts, as color developer in the paper coating. People often tuck receipts into pockets, wallets or purses alongside paper money, contaminating currency with the chemical, according to a study published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology in September. Kurunthachalam Kannan, a researcher with the Wadsworth Center at the New York State Department of Health and an author of the study, noted that 52 samples of paper currency from 21 countries all were tainted with BPA.
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post-gazette.com/stories/news/health/bpa-a-threat-to-health-thats-hard-to-avoid-224897/
Used to produce polycarbonate plastics and epoxy resins, BPA is found in many drinking containers, the lining of most food and beverage cans (including soda cans), bottle caps, plastic cutlery, plastic food storage containers, toys, dental sealants, some dental composites, water pipes, eyeglass lenses, and more. Polycarbonate is often blended with other plastics to create products such as mobile phone cases, car parts, electronic equipment, medical equipment and household items. Because BPA is in printer ink, newspapers and carbonless receipts, most recycled paper contains it, including paper towels and paper used to contain food.
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motherearthnews.com/Natural-Health/Safe-Plastics-Endocrine-Disruptors-BPA.aspx

A lot of health problems are caused by the industrialized society we live in.

Hear’s to your health.:idea:

cbc.ca/natureofthings/episode/programmed-to-be-fat.html
 
Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano says

“We have sufficient evidence to state that a non-negligible cause of male infertility in the West is the environmental pollution caused by the pill,” he said, without elaborating further.
 
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