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French men not producing as much sperm
Reuters ^ | Wed, Dec 05 07:32 AM EST | Andrew M. Seaman

Posted on 12/05/2012 9:26:16 AM PST by ExxonPatrolUs

When it comes to sperm counts, French men aren't what they used to be, according to a new study.

Researchers found that between 1989 and 2005, the number of sperm in one milliliter of the average 35-year-old Frenchman's semen fell from about 74 million to about 50 million - a decrease of roughly 32 percent.

"That's certainly within the normal range, but if you think about it, if there continues to be a decrease, we would expect that we'll get into that infertile range," said Grace Centola, president of the Society for Male Reproduction and Urology in Birmingham, Alabama.

And the French aren't the only ones who should be concerned, the researchers said.

"A decline in male reproduction endpoints has been suspected for several decades and is still debated all around the world. Geographical differences have been observed between countries, and between areas inside countries," said Joëlle Le Moal from the Institut de Veille Sanitaire in France, who led the study.

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To: ExxonPatrolUs

plastics, estrogen in the water, soy, etc, all mess around with spermcount.

globalists are’very’happy, they want population to be 500 million worldwide.


21 posted on 12/05/2012 5:38:02 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
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