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Re:Sperm counts are declining. Scientists have pinpointed th... by jhallenworld on Thursday April 27, 2023 @09:22PM (#35736501)
If it's pollution, which pollution?

This study lists the likely suspects (scroll down for the table), but is not quantitative enough to show which have the highest impact.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7807371/

My guess: it's lead from gasoline- we've contaminated all top-soil with it. The effects are going to be around for a long time.

Re:Sperm counts are declining. Scientists have pinpointed th... by reocha on Thursday April 27, 2023 @11:14PM (#35737097)
This wouldn't make sense, lead content in blood has been falling from about 15ug/dl in the 1970s to 1-2ug/dl in 2007[1]

[1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1797860/