Sperm Count in Western Men Has Dropped Over 50 Percent Since 1973, Paper Finds

Re:Sperm Count in Western Men Has Dropped Over 50 Percent Si... by derping69 on Sunday August 20, 2017 @11:52PM (#15061798)

BPA, birth control/estrogen in water, and increased obesity rates would be my guess.

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Re:Sperm Count in Western Men Has Dropped Over 50 Percent Si... by imron on Monday August 21, 2017 @12:13AM (#15061873)

Not to mention estrogen from plastics:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3222987/

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Re:Sperm Count in Western Men Has Dropped Over 50 Percent Si... by PrimHelios on Monday August 21, 2017 @12:14AM (#15061875)

>birth control/estrogen in water

Is that actually a thing? I didn't find any sources definitively showing it was enough to warrant a concern.

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Re:Sperm Count in Western Men Has Dropped Over 50 Percent Si... by azr79 on Monday August 21, 2017 @02:40AM (#15062414)

women take birth control

they pee and flush

this water gets processed and re injected back into the pipes

if you make the mistake to drink the tap water where they re purpose it from the canalisations, you just drink birth control water.

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Re:Sperm Count in Western Men Has Dropped Over 50 Percent Si... by AstralStorm on Monday August 21, 2017 @03:47AM (#15062677)

Data to back it up please? As far as I know the hormones used have quite short half life in decent conditions. Much less metabolites.

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Re:Sperm Count in Western Men Has Dropped Over 50 Percent Si... by PrimHelios on Monday August 21, 2017 @09:08AM (#15064257)

Gonna need some evidence to back that up. Wouldn't the treatment get rid of the birth control?

From what I was reading, this seems to be an anti-BC talking point, but I couldn't find any evidence to suggest that any estrogens in tap water is caused by BC.

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Re:Sperm Count in Western Men Has Dropped Over 50 Percent Si... by xaqfox on Monday August 21, 2017 @06:21AM (#15063397)

Sounds like you have a local water supply problem if they serve you recycled sewage (or a regretful plumbing problem).

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Re:Sperm Count in Western Men Has Dropped Over 50 Percent Si... by codewritinfool on Monday August 21, 2017 @09:01AM (#15064220)

This is common among communities living on the Mississippi River, for example.

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Re:Sperm Count in Western Men Has Dropped Over 50 Percent Si... by jkelsey on Monday August 21, 2017 @12:08AM (#15061848)

Interesting. Could you elaborate?

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Re:Sperm Count in Western Men Has Dropped Over 50 Percent Si... by emersonrsantos on Monday August 21, 2017 @12:12AM (#15061868)

Exogenous testosterone also lowers sperm count.

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