There has been a 50% global reduction in sperm quality in the past 80 years and it may be permanent.

A new study found that two chemical pollutants in the home degrade fertility in both men and dogs.

- DEHP, widely abundant in the home in carpets, flooring, upholstery, clothes, wires, toys, and Polychlorinated Biphenyl 153.

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-03/uon-cpi030119.php

There has been a 50% global reduction in sperm quality in the past 80 years and it may be permanent.

It's been known since 1974 that it's mutagenic, at least in mice, and looks as though it may effect the epigenome in a heritable way.

https://www.academia.edu/8089241/Mutagenic_and_antifertility_sensitivities_of_mice_to_di-2-ethylhexyl_phthalate_DEHP_and_dimethoxyethyl_phthalate_DMEP

There has been a 50% global reduction in sperm quality in the past 80 years and it may be permanent.

DEHP's effects on fertility were also observed in 2013 by the German National Institute for Risk Assessment.

https://www.bfr.bund.de/de/presseinformation/2013/13/weichmacher_dehp_wird_hauptsaechlich_ueber_lebensmittel_aufgenommen-186791.html

There has been a 50% global reduction in sperm quality in the past 80 years and it may be permanent.

Details about blood concentrations etc..

https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/sites/default/files/medien/378/publikationen/umwelt_und_gesundheit_04_2012_conrad_phthalatbelastung_bevoelkerung_band3_a.pdf

For further reading, if your interested, research on this started early 1970s.

http://allie.dbcls.jp/pubmed_all/DEHP;di%282-ethylhexyl%29+phthalate.html

There has been a 50% global reduction in sperm quality in the past 80 years and it may be permanent.

Of course banning these chemicals will simply mean they get replaced with other chemicals in the same family, that are just as harmful, then the research would take years to catch up again..

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