[HN Gopher] Male genitals are shrinking because of phthalates, w...
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Male genitals are shrinking because of phthalates, warns Dr Shanna
Swan
Author : isomorph
Score : 46 points
Date : 2021-03-25 19:26 UTC (3 hours ago)
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(TXT) w3m dump (news.sky.com)
| anm89 wrote:
| I like the idea that a group of scientists got tired of warning
| people about climate change and being ignored so they just
| figured it would be easier to say "pollution will make your dick
| smaller"
| Qw3r7 wrote:
| I dont believe policy makers will be to stirred up by this
| revelation given their standing lol
| varispeed wrote:
| The problem is that sex becomes less and less popular as well,
| so it may become irrelevant...
| rlonn wrote:
| Maybe there is a correlation between the two
| ipnon wrote:
| Looking at 18 year olds today versus a hundred years ago is like
| looking at current college students versus current high
| schoolers.
| ipnon wrote:
| This isn't an empirical study by any means but do they look the
| same?
|
| https://www.awsumnews.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Rugby...
|
| https://i.pinimg.com/originals/7c/ae/62/7cae6291fd24b43400c7...
| vangelis wrote:
| Mustaches aside, yes.
| UncleOxidant wrote:
| Is there data from 100 years ago to support this?
| vangelis wrote:
| The manly men of the past were manlets.
| tibbydudeza wrote:
| Maybe this headline will cause some serious action on climate
| change :).
| chaimanmeow wrote:
| muh bawls!
| fallingfrog wrote:
| I'd be interested in hearing from someone who is an expert: is
| this accurate, is there a consensus in the field that this is a
| real effect and phthalates are to blame? Are there peer reviewed
| studies saying so?
| oji0hub wrote:
| Looks like it. Also from the article:
|
| "One study published in 2017 found that sperm levels among men
| in Western countries had dropped by more than 50% over the past
| four decades after examining 185 studies involving close to
| 45,000 healthy men."
| dred_prte_rbrts wrote:
| I'm assuming parent is asking for evidence around the
| "shrinking" part of the claim
| oji0hub wrote:
| They didn't mention that so I assume they're more generally
| referring to the claims made in the article.
| loveistheanswer wrote:
| Research indicates the growing obesity epidemic likely plays
| a big role in this equation as well.
| isomorph wrote:
| "Dr Swan believes that the rapidly decreasing fertility rate
| means that most men will be unable to produce viable sperm by
| 2045."
| dusted wrote:
| ... "and nothing of value was lost" ;-)
| mamon wrote:
| And that's how the world will look like then:
| https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088083/
| xkeysc0re wrote:
| Children of Men was off by only a few years then
| Pet_Ant wrote:
| > Children of Men was off by only a few years then
|
| For everyone else:
|
| [In 2027, after 18 years of total human infertility and
| global depression, the world is on the brink of collapse and
| humanity faces extinction.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi
| ldren_of_Men#Plot)
|
| So according to the movie it started in 2009. The movie was
| released in 2006.
| DC1350 wrote:
| Could this be why there are so many femboys on my TikTok fyp?
| emsign wrote:
| Phthalates causes infertility? So it's a self-balancing system
| after all.
| jokoon wrote:
| What do you mean?
| toomuchtodo wrote:
| Our creation and use of the substance is creating a negative
| feedback loop, causing a reduction in future population.
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