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Re:Sperm counts are declining. Scientists have pinpointed th... by version_five on Thursday April 27, 2023 @08:05PM (#35736029)
The article isn't very good. It mentions some stuff and doesn't follow up on it (smoking - aren't smoking rates way down?) and alludes to the fact that they're talking about men over 40, saying quality decreases at that age, but it should hypothetically decrease later. All told I didn't learn much.
Re:Sperm counts are declining. Scientists have pinpointed th... by autoexec on Thursday April 27, 2023 @09:00PM (#35736380)
> smoking - aren't smoking rates way down?

This article just lists the major factors leading to low sperm counts that were seen by researchers who were reviewing a bunch of different studies. Smoking rates can be declining and still contribute to the problem. You can see the impact here: https://rbej.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12958-023-0...

Re:Sperm counts are declining. Scientists have pinpointed th... by SoftTalker on Thursday April 27, 2023 @09:14PM (#35736456)
Smoking what? Tobacco? Weed? One is down, one is up.
Re:Sperm counts are declining. Scientists have pinpointed th... by readthenotes1 on Thursday April 27, 2023 @09:32PM (#35736565)
How many Smoky bars or cloudy restaurants have you stepped into lately? Smoking all together is way down. Pollution is way down. The claims of the article don't make sense.
Re:Sperm counts are declining. Scientists have pinpointed th... by red-iron-pine on Friday April 28, 2023 @02:28PM (#35745217)
Strongly declining in N America and Europe, but big elsewhere. Could still be impacting the global decline