“Plummeting Sperm Counts, Shrinking Penises: Toxic Chemicals Threaten Humanity,” that is the gripping grim headline. As outlined below there is a troubling problem now dawning about the decline in human sperm quality and quantity, a product of the very hormone-disrupting chemicals that the affluent consumer society needs to keep up its life style. Sperm counts have dropped almost 60 percent since 1973. One dire prediction is that human sperm counts will reach ZERO by 2045, not that far off!
Sure, substitutes might be found, if there is time, if the damage is not already done, and if those substitutes do not have their own ill-effects. How ironic if this pursuit of “satisfaction,” ultimately leads to human extinction. Talk about hubris!
“The end of humankind? It may be coming sooner than we think, thanks to hormone–disrupting chemicals that are decimating fertility at an alarming rate around the globe.