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Sperm counts are falling, but don't panic yet
September 18, 2018
One study noted that sperm counts have dropped in Western countries since the 1970s.
National Institute of Health
In the early 1970s, men had, on average, 99 million sperm per milliliter of semen. By 2011, that ratio had dropped to 47 million per milliliter.
Not everyone agrees there is a sperm apocalypse and that the demise of the human race is imminent.
In reponse to concerns over plummeting sperm counts among men in the West, Vox reporter Julia Belluz checked with several reproductive health experts.
“If it were true [that sperm counts halved], in all the studies we do on normal young men, we’d see sperm concentrations of 30 million instead of 60 million. We just don’t see that,” said Brad Anawalt, a University of Washington School of Medicine hormone specialist in male infertility.
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