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Re:To replace the additive BPA, a chemical company teams up ... by Mike8435 on Thursday January 23, 2020 @10:26PM (#22135135)
There has been a severe population-level decline in testosterone levels since the environment was flooded with xenoestrogens. This is a major global problem.

https://academic.oup.com/jcem/article/92/1/196/2598434

Soy is optional and consumed voluntarily, but BPA and other such chemicals have a significantly more potent long term effect, and contaminates everything it touches.

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Re:To replace the additive BPA, a chemical company teams up ... by grabbalacious on Friday January 24, 2020 @02:28AM (#22136119)
Yes, BPA accumulates in body fat. However, the environment has also been flooded with pornography which could also be responsible for the decline in testosterone/sperm counts, no?
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Re:To replace the additive BPA, a chemical company teams up ... by Mike8435 on Friday January 24, 2020 @02:43AM (#22136183)
No. This is not a trivial matter. The decline starts around the mid 20th century, is occurring globally, and levels have reduced by standard deviations from the old norm. Read up on it. It's way more serious than you think.
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Re:To replace the additive BPA, a chemical company teams up ... by grabbalacious on Friday January 24, 2020 @03:04AM (#22136294)
You're right, it isn't a trivial matter. However, neither has it been well explained. For example, how exactly has porn been ruled out? Porn also grew steadily since mid 20th C...
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Re:To replace the additive BPA, a chemical company teams up ... by Mike8435 on Friday January 24, 2020 @03:17AM (#22136350)
Correlation is not causation. Computing performance has also increased significantly since the mid 20th. Should we blame Intel for the drop in T levels? Where the hell do you get the idea that porn reduces testosterone? Research shows that watching porn increases testosterone levels in men https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2799222/
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Re:To replace the additive BPA, a chemical company teams up ... by cies on Thursday January 30, 2020 @04:15AM (#22190026)
And then it remains silent.
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