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The book’s author also acknowledged other factors that negatively affect both male and female fertility, such as rising obesity levels and smoking.
Male Infertility Threatening âFuture of Human Race,â Says Author of New Book Published: February 26, 2021 Shanna Swan, Ph.D., author of “Count Down,” says endocrine-disrupting chemicals are causing decreased sperm counts, plunging testosterone levels and rising levels of erectile dysfunction. Scientists are witnessing an alarming trend: Men’s sperm counts are down, testosterone levels have plunged and erectile dysfunction is increasing. Male infertility is on the rise — and exposure to synthetic chemicals known as phthalates could be to blame, according to fertility scie...
Photo: Peter Dazeley/Getty Images Many men today have just half the number of sperm their grandfathers had. The shocking discovery was published in 2017 by Shanna Swan, PhD, an environmental and reproductive epidemiologist at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. After analyzing 185 studies involving nearly 45,000 healthy men, Swan and her team found that over the past four decades, sperm counts among men in Western countries had dropped by more than 50%. Why the huge decline? Swan says many factors are at play — alcohol use, smoking, body weight, and a lack of exercise a...
The Best Phthalate-Free Shampoos to Reduce Your Family’s Exposure to the Common Ingredient Health.com 1/27/2021 © Provided by Health.com Adobe Stock Over the past few weeks, you may have heard about the class action lawsuits filed against Tresemmé for its shampoo containing formaldehyde-releasing preservative DMDM hydantoin allegedly causing hair loss. Switching to products without formaldehyde is a great start, but it's not the only ingredient worth paying attention to in your beauty products. Another big category is phthalates, which are hormone-disrupting ingredients that can be in...
Sperm count is in steep decline. But what's the culprit?