Are Men As "Manly" As They Used To Be? (page 11)

A Finnish study comparing testicles from autopsies performed between1981 and 1991 reported an 11% reduction in testis weight and a 27% to 56% reduction in the incidence of spermatogenesis.(Jarkko Pararinen)

A French group reported similar findings.

A number of microcontaminants have hormone-disrupting properties, either with estrogenic or antiandrogenic activty.
The list includes DDT, PCBs, nonylphenol, bisphenola and vinclozolin.

It's in the water we drink, and the food that we eat.

The total sperm count of all males has dropped 50% in as many years.

If our collective balls were a company, we'd be filing for bankruptcy.

Good news, though...if the trend continues at this rate we'll all be sterile in a REAL GENERATION, not a WTBS generation.

StAnn

Okay, Gubberningbody, you've got me thinking. You know that the water in the US is contaminated with the hormones that women secrete in their urine, that is the women who use birth control pills. It's destroying the fish/frog population and causing the majority of offspring to be female. Are there any studies out there that show it may be linked to the things you mentioned above?

BTW, if it were some big bad free market corporate culture pouring hormones into our water and destroying fish and wildlife, everyone would be up in arms. Why isn't society screaming at the women who use these birth control pills? If they're going to contracept, surely there are other ways that aren't toxic to the environment.

StAnn

notverylikely

The total sperm count of all males has dropped 50% in as many years.

That study explicitely said that there was no drop in fertility. So, less sperm but just as effective.

tec

Quality over quantity?

notverylikely

Why isn't society screaming at the women who use these birth control pills?

Why aren't you?

gubberningbody

notvery... a sperm count of less than 20 million per milliliter is the technical definition of infertile. The unspoken 'patron' of the modern man today is St. Onan. :)

StAnn, it's true. The same anti-androgens, including in that list PFC's from plastics and other things is feminizing the malse fish, some of them spontaneously change gender in mid-stream. They call them TranvesTilapia.

notverylikely

notvery... a sperm count of less than 20 million per milliliter is the technical definition of infertile.

*shrug* .... if there is no change in fertility when the count drops, then te techical definition needs updating.

StAnn

NVL, I only scream at Catholic women who use artificial birth control because they know it's a sin. (That's another thread; I will not hijack this one with theology.) You have to pick your causes. There are so many environmentalists in the world (I'm not one of them) that you'd think someone would take this up.

StAnn

notverylikely

Well there you go. You have your answer. "Someone else should pick up that ball and run with it."

Are Men As "Manly" As They Used To Be?

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