Human penises are shrinking because of pollution, warns scientist

[zuul]

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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[ret5hd]

1. Well, the bright side is someday I might be "above average"!

[DarthDem]

2. Like, Right This Minute?

Goodness. Now there's an attention-grabber.

[Jerry2144]

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 isn’t shrinking

[zuul]

4. I think of him more as a dick than a penis.

[Elessar Zappa]

5. Now I have an excuse for those awkward moments...

[Dream Girl]

6. We need more guns!

[newdayneeded]

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]

8. Pollution equals profits.

Pharma to the rescue!

[Klaralven]

9. Like when you run out of the sauna and jump in the lake?

[Midnight Writer]

10. That's an interesting graphic to accompany this story.

[NewHendoLib]

11. at 65, this doesn't concern me.

[Carlitos Brigante]

12. "You will take our penises over OUR COLD, DEAD, apparently polluted, HANDS!!!!" nt

[MoonRiver]

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]

14. Now maybe the Republicans

will start to care about climate change.....