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[scottobear]

from here

LONDON NEW research has confirmed fears that men are becoming less fertile. The study shows a halving of sperm production in 10 years. Scientists made the discovery after post-mortem studies of mostly middle-aged men from Finland who died between 1981 and 1991. During that time the proportion of men who had the normal biological processes leading to sperm production fell from 56.4 per cent to 26.9 per cent. During the same period there was a significant increase in the number of cases of "spermatogenic arrest", or men who did not have any mature sperm cells. The incidence of complete spermatogenic arrest rose from 8 per cent to 20 per cent, and of partial spermatogenic arrest from 31.4 per cent to 48.5 per cent. The weight of the men's testicles had also diminished during the 10 years. Earlier studies had already indicated a long-term lowering of both sper,in quantity and quality. A British study last year showed that men born in the 1970s produced on average 25 per cent fewer sperm than those born in the 1950s. An annual decline of 2 per cent suggested that boys bom 60 years from now could be infertile. - PA

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sounds like natural birth control

[greatmovies.livejournal.com]

alright, malthusian crisis averted
(wipes sweat off brow)

Re: sounds like natural birth control

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

don't count on it. it only takes one sperm to catch!

[hissyfit.livejournal.com]

you think this is nature's way of saying "stop over-populating my planet, destroying my environment and wiping out my diverse animal and plant life!"?

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

nope.

Nature knows pretty well that it can wipe us out faster and more effectively with flood, fire, and plague.

[ckirkman.livejournal.com]

I second that plague idea. That's why we've gotten such nasty bugs lately from cutting swathes through the rain forests. It's nature's defense mechanism.

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

It works well... Good old ebola... tweak it to airborne, and we're toast. even some well-paced flubugs could do the trick.

[ckirkman.livejournal.com]

Yup, just a Captain Trips waiting to happen.

I just hope I'm one of the chosen...

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

draw a black queen, and I end up a joker.

ah well, I suspect I'd become a supervillian if I got any good powers anyway.

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[hissyfit.livejournal.com]

ooh... tru dat. didn't even think of those things.

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

yeah.. the slow stuff, it's too late for. :)

it could work out....

[drownedinink.livejournal.com]

Well, if, for some odd reason (radiation, Nature, God, whatnot), the population of the entire world becomes infertile (personally I don't buy it, but we'll see), at least we'll finally have a good excuse to find immortality through organ harvesting.

Re: it could work out....

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

yeah.. or turn society over to something more survave-capable, like sharks and roaches. :)

[maus.livejournal.com]

Californian men had the lowest counts (73 million/ml). In Minnesota they were higher (101 million/ml), but New Yorkers held the record (131 million/ml).

I'd like to take a moment to point out that I was born and raised in Minnesota!

=)

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

Hey! Bravo!

;)