Skyrocketing Male Infertility May Threaten Mankind’s Survival, by Dr. Joseph Mercola

Men are producing a lot less healthy sperm. Why? From Dr. Joseph Mercola at theburningplatform.com:

Story at-a-glance

• According to the largest meta-analysis of its kind, sperm counts around the world declined by more than 50%, to 47 million sperm per mL, between 1973 and 2013, and continue to dwindle
• The most significant declines were found in samples from men in North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand, where many had sperm concentrations below 40 million/mL — a level at which a man will have trouble fertilizing an egg
• Endocrine-disrupting chemicals have undoubtedly contributed to the dramatic decline in reproductive health among men. Excessive microwave radiation from wireless technologies, obesity and inactivity also play a significant role

Human fertility is in a downward spiral, scientists warn and modern life — with its technological and chemical “progress” — is likely to blame. Female infertility tends to get the most attention, but in this case, it’s male infertility that has made headlines, as research shows sperm concentration and quality has dramatically declined in decades.^1,2,3,4,5

According to the first of two published papers,⁶ a meta-analysis of 185 studies and the largest of its kind, sperm counts around the world declined by more than 50%, to 47 million sperm per milliliter (mL), between 1973 and 2013, and continue to dwindle.

The most significant declines were found in samples from men in North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand, where many had sperm concentrations below 40 million/mL. (Men suspected of infertility, such as those attending IVF clinics, were excluded from the study.) Overall, men in these countries had a 52.4% decline in sperm concentration and a 59.3% decline in total sperm count (sperm concentration multiplied by the total volume of an ejaculate).

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