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Microplastics found in every human testicle
The Guardian ^

Posted on 05/21/2024 5:33:17 AM PDT by 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.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; War
KEYWORDS: human; microplastics; plastic; sperm; testicles
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To: Paul46360

“ Microplastics found in every human testicle in study.”

Who is checking?
Leave me alone sickos.


21 posted on 05/21/2024 6:17:01 AM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (Have you seen Joe Biden's picture on a milk carton?)
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To: Paul46360

“The scientists tested 23 human testes”

!!!!! 23 !!!!!!

And from that tiny study that want to claim “every”- all human testes have microplastics in them??? That is not “science”.


22 posted on 05/21/2024 6:18:09 AM PDT by Wuli
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To: HombreSecreto

“Testicles”?


23 posted on 05/21/2024 6:20:42 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
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To: Paul46360

Another reason for trans surgery


24 posted on 05/21/2024 6:29:13 AM PDT by 2nd Amendment
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To: Wuli

Its a sample, a small one, but presumably random.
It is a statistically meaningful result, if the testing is valid, etc.
Its worth checking a larger, random sample.


25 posted on 05/21/2024 6:29:38 AM PDT by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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To: Wuli

“Every” means all those in the sample.

This is the problem with press reports. Ambiguous wording can create unwarranted reactions.


26 posted on 05/21/2024 6:32:04 AM PDT by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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To: 9YearLurker

“Hi, I’m from the Government and I’m here to test your testicle.”


27 posted on 05/21/2024 6:35:51 AM PDT by milagro (There is no peace in appeasement! There)
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To: 9YearLurker
Nice to know they are now searching every human testicle.

And here we though the government was intrusive!

28 posted on 05/21/2024 6:38:17 AM PDT by null and void (Everyone on all sides a conflict will be happy to lie to you, except our side, of course!)
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To: butlerweave
and radiation from all the Nuclear blasts is also in us so what

"Only" 974 that they'll admit to here in Nevada...

29 posted on 05/21/2024 6:39:36 AM PDT by null and void (Everyone on all sides a conflict will be happy to lie to you, except our side, of course!)
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To: bert

I got a push poll about micro plastics some time ago. They asked me some questions, gave me some “information” and then asked me the same questions.


30 posted on 05/21/2024 6:41:21 AM PDT by 31R1O (The people who can control themselves ought to be able to defend themselves from those who can't.)
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To: Paul46360

Why does the word “micro” always seem to come up when mentioning my southern provinces?


31 posted on 05/21/2024 6:42:23 AM PDT by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Goldwater & Thomas Sowell in 2024)
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To: Paul46360

Will the ecofascists demand that they be ..recycled?


32 posted on 05/21/2024 6:45:28 AM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: 9YearLurker

Searching every testicle, including on Trans.


33 posted on 05/21/2024 6:48:37 AM PDT by Scrambler Bob (Running Rampant, and not endorsing nonsense; My pronoun is EXIT.)
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To: HombreSecreto

Just too funny.


34 posted on 05/21/2024 6:53:41 AM PDT by Captain Compassion (I'm just sayin')
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To: milagro

I guess that’s why they call them what they do...


35 posted on 05/21/2024 6:55:19 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: null and void

Who do you think funded their “study”?


36 posted on 05/21/2024 6:56:15 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Paul46360

Ha ha ha! Jokes on them... I don’t have any.... oh wait, did I say that out loud?


37 posted on 05/21/2024 6:59:32 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: Wuli

And all 23 of them probab.y worked Ina microplastic factory lo.


38 posted on 05/21/2024 7:01:58 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: 9YearLurker
Who do you think funded their “study”?

No idea, but I suspect Fauci is funding microplastics vaccine development studies in China...

39 posted on 05/21/2024 7:24:38 AM PDT by null and void (Everyone on all sides a conflict will be happy to lie to you, except our side, of course!)
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To: null and void

Ha!


40 posted on 05/21/2024 7:28:34 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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