'Spermageddon': global decline in sperm count could threaten humanity

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Men's sperm counts have more than halved over the past 50 years, with potentially drastic consequences for the future of the human race.

About one in six adults worldwide experience infertility at some point, according to the World Health Organization, and between 30% and 50% of cases are linked to problems with the quantity and quality of semen, said New Scientist. Either the total number of sperm is too low, or the cells "struggle to swim" (reduced motility), which decreases the chance of reaching an egg cell.

The big question is no longer "whether this so-called 'spermageddon' is happening", said science writer David Robson, "but why, and what to do about it".


What is 'spermageddon'?

The "drastic shift" in sperm counts has been documented since the 1970s, but by the 1990s "the issue started catching considerably more scientific attention", said Robson.

In 2017, veteran reproductive epidemiologist Shanna Swan and her team at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, published a meta-analysis of 185 studies of more than 42,000 men between 1973 and 2011: "the largest of its kind", said Robson.

The results showed that the concentration of sperm in a millilitre of semen, and the total number of sperm in the sample, seemed to have decreased by 50%-60% in men from North America, Europe and Australasia. "If the decline continued at this rate, the median sperm count would reach zero by the mid-2040s," said Robson.

When you sit around and don't use it and it gets "rusty". Half as effective? Just double the frequency. ;)

Blah, total sperm cells per ejaculation is what matters, back in the day I had enough to repopulate the Earth, Mars, and the rest of the solar system.
 
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Men's sperm counts have more than halved over the past 50 years, with potentially drastic consequences for the future of the human race.

About one in six adults worldwide experience infertility at some point, according to the World Health Organization, and between 30% and 50% of cases are linked to problems with the quantity and quality of semen, said New Scientist. Either the total number of sperm is too low, or the cells "struggle to swim" (reduced motility), which decreases the chance of reaching an egg cell.

The big question is no longer "whether this so-called 'spermageddon' is happening", said science writer David Robson, "but why, and what to do about it".


What is 'spermageddon'?

The "drastic shift" in sperm counts has been documented since the 1970s, but by the 1990s "the issue started catching considerably more scientific attention", said Robson.

In 2017, veteran reproductive epidemiologist Shanna Swan and her team at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, published a meta-analysis of 185 studies of more than 42,000 men between 1973 and 2011: "the largest of its kind", said Robson.

The results showed that the concentration of sperm in a millilitre of semen, and the total number of sperm in the sample, seemed to have decreased by 50%-60% in men from North America, Europe and Australasia. "If the decline continued at this rate, the median sperm count would reach zero by the mid-2040s," said Robson.

When you sit around and don't use it and it gets "rusty". Half as effective? Just double the frequency. ;)

Blah, total sperm cells per ejaculation is what matters, back in the day I had enough to repopulate the Earth, Mars, and the rest of the solar system.
Maybe it's mind over matter. Men subconsciously don't want kids and their bodies react to that. Or it can be the result of the natural pressure of overpopulation doing its thing. This happens in the animal world. Here in Wisconsin the deer population, which was out of control, crashed and hasn't really rebounded yet after 12-15 years. Annual harvests are down more than 50 percent from past years.
 
Men's sperm counts have more than halved over the past 50 years, with potentially drastic consequences for the future of the human race.

About one in six adults worldwide experience infertility at some point, according to the World Health Organization, and between 30% and 50% of cases are linked to problems with the quantity and quality of semen, said New Scientist. Either the total number of sperm is too low, or the cells "struggle to swim" (reduced motility), which decreases the chance of reaching an egg cell.

The big question is no longer "whether this so-called 'spermageddon' is happening", said science writer David Robson, "but why, and what to do about it".


What is 'spermageddon'?

The "drastic shift" in sperm counts has been documented since the 1970s, but by the 1990s "the issue started catching considerably more scientific attention", said Robson.

In 2017, veteran reproductive epidemiologist Shanna Swan and her team at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, published a meta-analysis of 185 studies of more than 42,000 men between 1973 and 2011: "the largest of its kind", said Robson.

The results showed that the concentration of sperm in a millilitre of semen, and the total number of sperm in the sample, seemed to have decreased by 50%-60% in men from North America, Europe and Australasia. "If the decline continued at this rate, the median sperm count would reach zero by the mid-2040s," said Robson.

When you sit around and don't use it and it gets "rusty". Half as effective? Just double the frequency. ;)

Blah, total sperm cells per ejaculation is what matters, back in the day I had enough to repopulate the Earth, Mars, and the rest of the solar system.
Well, I hear about how soon due to medical advances we could be living to 150 and beyond commonly. 8 billion people living twice as long or longer seems to be a big problem. Hate to sound like a conspiracy theorist but could the sperm thing be on purpose? If part of we are not doing this on purpose it could be the plastic they are finding it in sperm now. All conjecture. This phenomenon is not effecting my kids at least. They are producing me grandbabies at a good clip.
 
Well, I hear about how soon due to medical advances we could be living to 150 and beyond commonly. 8 billion people living twice as long or longer seems to be a big problem. Hate to sound like a conspiracy theorist but could the sperm thing be on purpose? If part of we are not doing this on purpose it could be the plastic they are finding it in sperm now. All conjecture. This phenomenon is not effecting my kids at least. They are producing me grandbabies at a good clip.
It would be hard to swim with a plastic bag stuck to your tail.:omg:
 
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Well, I hear about how soon due to medical advances we could be living to 150 and beyond commonly. 8 billion people living twice as long or longer seems to be a big problem. Hate to sound like a conspiracy theorist but could the sperm thing be on purpose? If part of we are not doing this on purpose it could be the plastic they are finding it in sperm now. All conjecture. This phenomenon is not effecting my kids at least. They are producing me grandbabies at a good clip.
Unless my grandson marries and has a son my line will vanish. I have three nephews and one niece that have no plans to marry. If my late brother's son doesn't produce a son his line will end as well. My ex-brother-in-law's, (my sisters ex-husband) line will end before it gets started as one of his sons is gay and the other will never marry.
 
Men's sperm counts have more than halved over the past 50 years, with potentially drastic consequences for the future of the human race.

About one in six adults worldwide experience infertility at some point, according to the World Health Organization, and between 30% and 50% of cases are linked to problems with the quantity and quality of semen, said New Scientist. Either the total number of sperm is too low, or the cells "struggle to swim" (reduced motility), which decreases the chance of reaching an egg cell.

The big question is no longer "whether this so-called 'spermageddon' is happening", said science writer David Robson, "but why, and what to do about it".


What is 'spermageddon'?

The "drastic shift" in sperm counts has been documented since the 1970s, but by the 1990s "the issue started catching considerably more scientific attention", said Robson.

In 2017, veteran reproductive epidemiologist Shanna Swan and her team at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, published a meta-analysis of 185 studies of more than 42,000 men between 1973 and 2011: "the largest of its kind", said Robson.

The results showed that the concentration of sperm in a millilitre of semen, and the total number of sperm in the sample, seemed to have decreased by 50%-60% in men from North America, Europe and Australasia. "If the decline continued at this rate, the median sperm count would reach zero by the mid-2040s," said Robson.

When you sit around and don't use it and it gets "rusty". Half as effective? Just double the frequency. ;)

Blah, total sperm cells per ejaculation is what matters, back in the day I had enough to repopulate the Earth, Mars, and the rest of the solar system.
Microplastics.
 
Maybe it's mind over matter. Men subconsciously don't want kids and their bodies react to that. Or it can be the result of the natural pressure of overpopulation doing its thing. This happens in the animal world. Here in Wisconsin the deer population, which was out of control, crashed and hasn't really rebounded yet after 12-15 years. Annual harvests are down more than 50 percent from past years.
If you had read the article, it would have told you the cause.

". . .Swan's team particularly highlighted pollutants called endocrine-disrupting chemicals, or EDCs, found in some plastics and pesticides. . . "




Dr. Shanna Swan on How Plastics in Food are Affecting Our Hormone Levels​



Personal Care Products Have Endocrine Disruptors in Them | Joe Rogan & Ben Greenfield​






The interlocking directorate is more desperate to keep this information from getting wide attention, as it will mean a bigger hit to share holders than the government and law when the establishment finally accepted the dangers of tobacco.


Hell? No more trans-youths? That will really be a big hit on psychologists, doctors and health care systems promoting gender therapy drugs and surgeries for kids. This will mean a huge loss of revenue and source of societal engineering for the ruling elites.
 
Men's sperm counts have more than halved over the past 50 years, with potentially drastic consequences for the future of the human race.

About one in six adults worldwide experience infertility at some point, according to the World Health Organization, and between 30% and 50% of cases are linked to problems with the quantity and quality of semen, said New Scientist. Either the total number of sperm is too low, or the cells "struggle to swim" (reduced motility), which decreases the chance of reaching an egg cell.

The big question is no longer "whether this so-called 'spermageddon' is happening", said science writer David Robson, "but why, and what to do about it".


What is 'spermageddon'?

The "drastic shift" in sperm counts has been documented since the 1970s, but by the 1990s "the issue started catching considerably more scientific attention", said Robson.

In 2017, veteran reproductive epidemiologist Shanna Swan and her team at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, published a meta-analysis of 185 studies of more than 42,000 men between 1973 and 2011: "the largest of its kind", said Robson.

The results showed that the concentration of sperm in a millilitre of semen, and the total number of sperm in the sample, seemed to have decreased by 50%-60% in men from North America, Europe and Australasia. "If the decline continued at this rate, the median sperm count would reach zero by the mid-2040s," said Robson.

When you sit around and don't use it and it gets "rusty". Half as effective? Just double the frequency. ;)

Blah, total sperm cells per ejaculation is what matters, back in the day I had enough to repopulate the Earth, Mars, and the rest of the solar system.
With 9 kids (that I know of) running around, I've been very busy doing my share to propagate the species.

I even used to donate sperm to a sperm bank for some extra money when I was younger. Several times/week from 1987 until 1995.
 
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If you had read the article, it would have told you the cause.

". . .Swan's team particularly highlighted pollutants called endocrine-disrupting chemicals, or EDCs, found in some plastics and pesticides. . . "




Dr. Shanna Swan on How Plastics in Food are Affecting Our Hormone Levels​



Personal Care Products Have Endocrine Disruptors in Them | Joe Rogan & Ben Greenfield​






The interlocking directorate is more desperate to keep this information from getting wide attention, as it will mean a bigger hit to share holders than the government and law when the establishment finally accepted the dangers of tobacco.


Hell? No more trans-youths? That will really be a big hit on psychologists, doctors and health care systems promoting gender therapy drugs and surgeries for kids. This will mean a huge loss of revenue and source of societal engineering for the ruling elites.

Well then, the solution is simple. Just get plastics out of the food chain.
 
With 9 kids (that I know of) running around, I've been very busy doing my share to propagate the species.

I even used to donate sperm to a sperm bank for some extra money when I was younger. Several times/week from 1987 until 1995.
WHAT? I could have gotten paid for jerking off? I'd be a rich man today. :up:
 

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