Current Events > Sperm Counts Have Plummeted Among Western Men, Scientists Confirm

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ThanksUglyGod
07/25/17 8:04:47 PM
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http://gizmodo.com/sperm-counts-are-declining-among-western-men-scientist-1797231662

Something weird is going on with human sperm production. For decades, scientists have warned that sperm counts are dropping among Western men, but no one has really been able to prove it. In what is now the largest and most comprehensive study of its kind, scientists have presented compelling evidence in support of this rather alarming assertion, showing that sperm counts have dropped more than 50 percent in just four decades.

The sperm count decline is real and it’s not showing any signs of slowing down, according to new research published in Human Reproduction Update. By conducting a meta-analysis of 185 studies published between 1973 and 2011, researchers from the Hebrew University-Hadassah Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai documented a 52.4 percent decline in sperm concentration, and a 59.3 percent decline in total sperm count among men living in North America, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. The same declines were not observed among men living in South America, Asia, and Africa, where fewer studies have been performed.

Both total sperm counts and sperm concentration (i.e. the total number of sperm in a given volume) are good measures of male reproductive ability. The men used in these studies weren’t chosen because of any suspected fertility issues. Alarmingly, the rate of decline does not appear to be stopping; the downward slope was “steep and significant” even when the meta-analysis was restricted to studies done after 1995.

“Given the importance of sperm counts for male fertility and human health, this study is an urgent wake-up call for researchers and health authorities around the world to investigate the causes of the sharp ongoing drop in sperm count, with the goal of prevention,” said study lead author Hagai Levine in a statement.

Low sperm counts are often an indicator of other health problems, and are often used by doctors to predict health and morbidity. Reduced sperm is thought to be the result of environmental influences, including exposure to noxious chemicals while in the womb, exposure to pesticides, and lifestyle factors such as smoking, obesity, and stress. Not surprisingly, low sperm counts are also associated with reduced fertility.


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Giblet_Enjoyer
07/25/17 8:05:44 PM
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Awesome, let's get it to 0
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Broseph_Stalin
07/25/17 8:06:00 PM
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ThanksUglyGod posted...
Where's all the sperm going?


in ur mom
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ShinigamiSoul
07/25/17 8:06:49 PM
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Broseph_Stalin posted...
ThanksUglyGod posted...
Where's all the sperm going?


in ur mom

That didn't take long.
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Freddie_Mercury
07/25/17 8:07:05 PM
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Broseph_Stalin posted...
ThanksUglyGod posted...
Where's all the sperm going?


in ur mom

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brotrrwinner
07/25/17 8:07:08 PM
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It's just evolution/adaptation. The Western men keep producing less and less children, so nature be like "welp, guess you won't be needing this much sperm then!"
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Butterfiles
07/25/17 8:07:15 PM
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take that overpopulation

Broseph_Stalin posted...
ThanksUglyGod posted...
Where's all the sperm going?


in ur mom

#rekt
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ThanksUglyGod
07/25/17 8:07:58 PM
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Broseph_Stalin posted...
ThanksUglyGod posted...
Where's all the sperm going?


in ur mom

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Patty_Fleur
07/25/17 8:08:02 PM
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I have quality cum
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FF_Redux
07/25/17 8:12:21 PM
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I don't care as long as I get semen on me somehow
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tremain07
07/25/17 8:13:05 PM
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This is a good thing, we have way too many fucking people already, if I were a supervillain I'd invent an anti-sex ray and hit the entire planet with it for 50 years just so people stop having babies in this sad sick world of ours where we'll all be soon forced to fight to the death over the last scraps of crumbs the corporation gods leave for us.
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Taharqa_
07/25/17 8:14:19 PM
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tremain07 posted...
This is a good thing, we have way too many fucking people already, if I were a supervillain I'd invent an anti-sex ray and hit the entire planet with it for 50 years just so people stop having babies in this sad sick world of ours where we'll all be soon forced to fight to the death over the last scraps of crumbs the corporation gods leave for us.


Well that escalated quickly.
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Verdekal
07/25/17 8:14:23 PM
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People act like going extinct is a bad thing.
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Transcendentia
07/25/17 8:15:24 PM
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Probably a combination of tainted water supplies, bad diets, and pollution tbqh.
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butthole666
07/25/17 8:15:54 PM
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It couldn't possibly be a side effect from the grossly irresponsible use of highly toxic pesticides, or the metric fuckton of chemical garbage in our food to cut costs, or the filth in the air, or...



Corporations are killing the human race lmao
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SSJ-JohnLennon
07/25/17 8:16:52 PM
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butthole666 posted...
Corporations are killing the human race lmao

Not even close.
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ShinigamiSoul
07/25/17 8:17:01 PM
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Patty_Fleur posted...
I have quality cum

Did your taste test tell you that
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tremain07
07/25/17 8:17:12 PM
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Taharqa_ posted...
tremain07 posted...
This is a good thing, we have way too many fucking people already, if I were a supervillain I'd invent an anti-sex ray and hit the entire planet with it for 50 years just so people stop having babies in this sad sick world of ours where we'll all be soon forced to fight to the death over the last scraps of crumbs the corporation gods leave for us.


Well that escalated quickly.

Just look around you! There's nothing in this world worth bringing more people into, we're losing everything and becoming more and more shackled to a brand than having lives of our own, we are soon to be cattle and slaves to those who sit in their castles and thrones! You know why that fucking show is so popular?! Because the powers that be decided they wanted some of that in the real life and made damn sure to make the public want it,too. Soon the purge will also be legal and everybody is going to die, don't you get it?! This world, this society, our very beings are going to be defined by people we'll never know that exist who think their gods just because of their little green stacks of paper!
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AmonAmarth
07/25/17 8:19:22 PM
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lets masturbate more,
eat more gmos, fats, msgs,
lets eat more salts,
lets eat more sugar,
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Capn Circus
07/25/17 8:19:49 PM
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Surely it has nothing to do with pharmaceuticals, ingredients in household items such as deodorant/soap, certain ingredients in processed foods or chewing gum, etc.

The people who make all that stuff know for a fact all of that stuff is safe and know exactly what it'll do to every aspect of people's bodies.
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AmonAmarth
07/25/17 8:23:34 PM
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^ people consider all of that "fake conspiracy theories".
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lilORANG
07/25/17 8:23:50 PM
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probably all the corn syrup we eat or something.
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butthole666
07/25/17 8:25:03 PM
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Capn Circus posted...
Surely it has nothing to do with pharmaceuticals, ingredients in household items such as deodorant/soap, certain ingredients in processed foods or chewing gum, etc.

The people who make all that stuff know for a fact all of that stuff is safe and know exactly what it'll do to every aspect of people's bodies.

And nothing can even be done because these corporations run the government and have gone beyond "too big to fail"; they own the western world, it's too late for anything to ever change. Ours and this planet's courses are set and there's nothing that can be done. The people warning of "doomsday" aren't fringe lunatics anymore, they're the scientific community, they're people with training and data to back up what they say.


It's done lmao
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OpheliaAdenade
07/25/17 8:25:36 PM
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Good. :u That stuff is gross anyway.
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tremain07
07/25/17 8:26:57 PM
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Fuck the world, fuck tomorrow, fuck yesterday and fuck the future that won't exist and the past that dared to give us hope. Cynical, bitter and angry feelings are the only true emotions to have in this world. Death is all that matters.
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MrPeppers
07/25/17 8:27:18 PM
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ThanksUglyGod posted...
Low sperm counts are often an indicator of other health problems, and are often used by doctors to predict health and morbidity.


"I think his kidneys are failing. Quick, get me a semen analysis, STAT"
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ForestLogic
07/25/17 8:28:27 PM
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tremain07 posted...
Just look around you! There's nothing in this world worth bringing more people into


Dogs
Pizza
Sunsets
Yoga
Super Mario Odyssey
Waffles
Eagles
Sex


I don't even want children of my own and agree it'd be great if people stopped procreating for a few decades... but damn dat nihilism.
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davyheinz
07/25/17 8:28:29 PM
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Taxes are ruining my sperm count!
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SSJ-JohnLennon
07/25/17 8:31:00 PM
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@butthole666 Did a corporation steal your girlfriend or something?
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GreatEvilEmpire
07/25/17 8:32:00 PM
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A lot of men (I'm looking at you, men of CE) are masturbating to porn everyday, sometimes multiple time a day. The internet has made porn too accessible, so men are rarely optimal when it comes to sperm count.

Combined that with the disgusting food some people eat, gallons of soda they drink and getting fat in their parent's basements, of course sperm count will go down.
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NonDairyMiltank
07/25/17 8:34:13 PM
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OpheliaAdenade posted...
Good. :u That stuff is gross anyway.

well it did produce you
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mattnd2007
07/25/17 8:35:18 PM
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Good. Maybe this mistake called humanity will die out
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MacadamianNut3
07/25/17 8:36:08 PM
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ThanksUglyGod posted...
Where's all the sperm going?

Mine's in a box in the corner of my room
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ShinigamiSoul
07/25/17 8:36:37 PM
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NonDairyMiltank posted...
OpheliaAdenade posted...
Good. :u That stuff is gross anyway.

well it did produce you

Lmaoo
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E32005
07/25/17 8:37:22 PM
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N3xtG3nGam3r
07/25/17 8:37:58 PM
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Has anyone seen the movie called "Children of Men"?

Great movie. Relevant to this topic.
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N3xtG3nGam3r
07/25/17 8:38:19 PM
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E32005 posted...
literally Children of Men


Lol OMG
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Inferno Dive Dragoon
07/25/17 8:39:38 PM
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Eh, not like I was planning on reproducing anyway, so this doesn't bother me in the slightest.
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hitokoriX
07/25/17 8:52:17 PM
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mattnd2007 posted...
Good. Maybe this mistake called humanity will die out

*he tightened his cowl and brooded in the darkness*
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NurseRedHeart
07/25/17 8:53:17 PM
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Too many weak beta males
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voldothegr8
07/25/17 8:55:09 PM
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Broseph_Stalin posted...
ThanksUglyGod posted...
Where's all the sperm going?


in ur mom

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_burn_centers_in_the_United_States

No but really, what are they putting in our water?
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E32005
07/25/17 9:00:16 PM
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voldothegr8 posted...
No but really, what are they putting in our water?

Dog, never drink tap.
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Giblet_Enjoyer
07/25/17 9:02:05 PM
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E32005 posted...
voldothegr8 posted...
No but really, what are they putting in our water?

Dog, never drink tap.

Most bottled water s just tap from what I hear

If you really wanna be safe, get one of those Alex Jones reverse-osmosis filters for your tap
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E32005
07/25/17 9:03:33 PM
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Giblet_Enjoyer posted...
E32005 posted...
voldothegr8 posted...
No but really, what are they putting in our water?

Dog, never drink tap.

Most bottled water s just tap from what I hear

If you really wanna be safe, get one of those Alex Jones reverse-osmosis filters for your tap

INFOWARS!@
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Tmaster148
07/25/17 9:08:33 PM
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Giblet_Enjoyer posted...
E32005 posted...
voldothegr8 posted...
No but really, what are they putting in our water?

Dog, never drink tap.

Most bottled water s just tap from what I hear

If you really wanna be safe, get one of those Alex Jones reverse-osmosis filters for your tap


Depends where you live. Bottle Water is generally the same water you would get from tap as they are both coming from the same source. But if the water from your tap isn't safe to drink, bottle water should be.
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Wetterdew
07/25/17 10:07:11 PM
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Do cell phones and laptops causes some of this?
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AmonAmarth
07/25/17 11:12:22 PM
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http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/low-sperm-count/basics/causes/con-20033441

the list seems legit, dont know about the website.

Wetterdew posted...
Do cell phones and laptops causes some of this?


there are some conspiracies which I am undecided on so wont comment in detail.
for example long term effects of sitting near or using wireless. (dont know too much about it tbh).

apparently sitting for long hours can reduce sperm count.

"Sitting for long periods, wearing tight clothing or working on a laptop computer for long stretches of time also might increase the temperature in your scrotum and slightly reduce sperm production."

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