Pollution Is Shrinking Penises And Lowering Sperm Count, Scientists Claim

While it's known pollution is killing the environment, it turns out even humans could be facing the brunt on a much more personal level.

The consequences could be far reaching thanks to hormone-disrupting chemicals that are affecting fertility at an alarming rate around the globe. Scientists believe pollution is shrinking the size of men's penises, as well as lowering sperm count and fertility in women.

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A new book called Countdown, by Shanna Swan, an environmental and reproductive epidemiologist at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, finds that the sperm count has fell dramatically between 1973 and 2011.

In her latest book, she explores these declining rates, alongside reproductive health and shrinking genitalia.

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¡°Chemicals in our environment and unhealthy lifestyle practices in our modern world are disrupting our hormonal balance, causing various degrees of reproductive havoc,¡± she wrote in the book.

¡°In some parts of the world, the average twentysomething woman today is less fertile than her grandmother was at 35.¡±

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Her latest research also revealed that chemicals and pollution aren¡¯t just dramatically reducing semen quality, they are also shrinking penis size and volume of the testes, Vice reported.

One of the biggest culprits is phthalates, a chemical found in everything from make-up to food, which is thought to affect fertility and even cause a reduced sex drive.

The rapid decline of sperm must be addressed, and it must be addressed now. There simply is no time to lose.

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