Microplastics found in every human testicle

The Guardian ^

[Paul46360]

Microplastics found in every human testicle in study.
Scientists say discovery may be linked to decades-long decline in sperm counts in men around the world.

Microplastics have been found in human testicles, with researchers saying the discovery might be linked to declining sperm counts in men.

The scientists tested 23 human testes, as well as 47 testes from pet dogs. They found microplastic pollution in every sample.

The human testicles had been preserved and so their sperm count could not be measured. However, the sperm count in the dogs’ testes could be assessed and was lower in samples with higher contamination with PVC. The study demonstrates a correlation but further research is needed to prove microplastics cause sperm counts to fall.

Sperm counts in men have been falling for decades, with chemical pollution such as pesticides implicated by many studies. Microplastics have also recently been discovered in human blood, placentas and breast milk, indicating widespread contamination of people’s bodies. The impact on health is as yet unknown but microplastics have been shown to cause damage to human cells in the laboratory.

[HombreSecreto]

[billorites]

Himmler had something similar

[Red Badger]

They didn’t look in mine.......................

[Nervous Tick]

ROFL!

[logi_cal869]

“one word” lol

Great future, indeed. /s

[LS]

My first thought as well. I think they’d find gold :)

[Blueflag]

And the romans killed themselves with lead plates

[JSM_Liberty]

But poor old Goebbels has ...

[Omnivore-Dan]

So how come all those illegals drinking gallons of bottled water seem to proliferate like hamsters?

[BBQToadRibs2]

There’s also 2 surgical stainless steel staples in mine.

[LastDayz]

Too much brass here... no room for plastics, micro or otherwise.

[butlerweave]

and radiation from all the Nuclear blasts is also in us so what

[FlingWingFlyer]

“Follow the bouncing ball!”

[pa_dweller]

Hitler only had it half as bad.

[bert]

Hmmm.... one wonders what a microplastic is.

The finders should be banished from public positions and relegated to garbage land field plastic bag counting

[laplata]

Lol

[9YearLurker]

Nice to know they are now searching every human testicle.

[SaveFerris]

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[Paul46360]

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