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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHuman penises are shrinking because of pollution, warns scientist
Scientists sure want our attention . . .https://news.sky.com/story/human-penises-are-shrinking-because-of-pollution-warns-scientist-12255106
Penises are shrinking and genitals becoming malformed because of pollution, an environmental scientist has warned in a new book detailing the challenges facing human reproduction.
Dr Shanna Swan writes that humanity is facing an "existential crisis" in fertility rates as a result of phthalates, a chemical used when manufacturing plastics that impacts the hormone-producing endocrine system. Her book, titled Count Down, examines "how our modern world is threatening sperm counts, altering male and female reproductive development, and imperilling the future of the human race".
Dr Swan's research began by examining phthalate syndrome, something observed in rats which found that when fetuses were exposed to the chemical they were likely to be born with shrunken genitals. She discovered that male human babies who had been exposed to the phthalates in the womb had a shorter anogenital distance - something that correlated with penile volume.
The chemical has an industrial use in making plastics more flexible, but Dr Swan says it is being transmitted into toys and foods and subsequently harms human development.
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Human penises are shrinking because of pollution, warns scientist (Original Post)
zuul
Mar 2021
OP
"You will take our penises over OUR COLD, DEAD, apparently polluted, HANDS!!!!" nt
Carlitos Brigante
Mar 2021
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ret5hd
(20,480 posts)1. Well, the bright side is someday I might be "above average"!
DarthDem
(5,255 posts)2. Like, Right This Minute?
Goodness. Now there's an attention-grabber.
Jerry2144
(2,078 posts)3. I don't believe that
Last time I saw a photo of T-rump, he was still above 6 foot tall. Maybe he got bigger elevator shoes? He certainly isnt shrinking
zuul
(14,624 posts)4. I think of him more as a dick than a penis.
Elessar Zappa
(13,896 posts)5. Now I have an excuse for those awkward moments...
Dream Girl
(5,111 posts)6. We need more guns!
newdayneeded
(1,954 posts)7. Guys we have options!
Now we don't have to use that cold water excuse all the time! Maybe half the time pollution, other half the water was cold!
Turbineguy
(37,285 posts)8. Pollution equals profits.
Pharma to the rescue!
Klaralven
(7,510 posts)9. Like when you run out of the sauna and jump in the lake?
Midnight Writer
(21,693 posts)10. That's an interesting graphic to accompany this story.
NewHendoLib
(60,006 posts)11. at 65, this doesn't concern me.
Carlitos Brigante
(26,494 posts)12. "You will take our penises over OUR COLD, DEAD, apparently polluted, HANDS!!!!" nt
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)13. This is definitely a thing in Japan.
Why, I dunno. Maybe it's because of all the murdered whales and dolphins they eat.
SoCalNative
(4,613 posts)14. Now maybe the Republicans
will start to care about climate change.....