Little swimmers disappearing?

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2. from 73.6 million sperm per millilitre in 1989 to 49.9 million/ml in 2005.

The proportion of normally formed sperm also decreased by 33.4 per cent over the same period.

Although the average sperm count of the men was well above the threshold definition of male infertility – which is 15 million/ml – it was below the World Health Organisation threshold of 55 million/ml which is thought to lengthen the time to conceive. Other European studies have shown that one in five young men has a sperm count low enough to cause problems conceiving.

wow. to the whole study. interesting. thanks.