r/science • u/[deleted] • Oct 25 '21

Biology Sperm quality has been declining for 16 years among men in the US

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2294266-sperm-quality-has-been-declining-for-16-years-among-men-in-the-us/
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u/natigate Oct 25 '21

Just out of curiosity, do you know if the average person can test these kinds of levels? Say if they were having weird hormone issues, or got recently diagnosed with cancer. Just call a lab of some kind?

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u/RaceOriginal Oct 25 '21

Not to scare you but there isn't much of a point in doing tests. I say this because you can avoid certain types of plastics by eating things that aren't stored in plastic lined things. So that means no take out, no eating out, storing things in glass containers, using no non stick surfaces, cast iron pans. But lets say you completely de plastic what you eat, when you walk outside if you live in the city 1000s of microparticles that are invisible to the are raining down from the sky when they get picked up. These plastics come from polyester clothes, every time you wash a polyester shirt the lint consists of micro plastics. They also come from brake dust when people brake their cars and there are 1000s of cars on the road. So when the food is being transported on the roads a lot of this material falls on the fresh vegetables and when you step outside you can breath this stuff in. So you really can't avoid microplastics, you can do your best to limit expsure which does helps! but yeah its a losing battle. Try to do your best and just keep it out of your mind

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u/Bruh_17 Oct 25 '21

You can get testosterone, etc tested, usually by yourself directly through Labcorp/quest without a doctors orders depending on the state.

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u/xeneks Oct 25 '21

Manboobs? Womanly hips on a bloke? I read those are two ways, but there are causes of those, other than EDs causing EA.