Re: Environmental Factors
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2023 7:42 am
Amen Brother. I don’t know if scientific evidence supports ED in men caused by plastic consumption, but our over use of plastics are a real concern for our environment.
Scientists have measured lower sperm quality for the last fifty years - no reason yet discovered, but it's happening in the more industrialized countries.
My wife and I buy organic food whenever it's available, even though it costs more. It's only a small block to chemical intake, and maybe some items labeled "organic" really aren't, but we're both in our late seventies and still very healthy. I'm thinking of putting a very fine filter on our cold-water kitchen tap to try and catch plastic fibers. And we're going to only buy natural-fiber clothing - the artificial fibers in cloth blends eventually break apart and float in the air, where they're inhaled. Same happens to cotton fibers, but I don't think that is a problem.
The March 25 issue of Science News magazine has an article on "microplastic" pollution, but has nothing on human male sex problems resulting. It notes that much research into effects on humans must be done, and this is just beginning, much of it in Europe.
Society is getting smarter: smoking is way down, for example.