Widespread
Male Infertility Sweeping The Globe
Nearly
20 years ago, Danish scientists first
broke
the news to the world that men from
Western
countries seem to be slowly becoming
infertile. Recent research seems to
back this
up as well, with average sperm counts
having
dropped to half of what they were 50
years
ago. According to reports, nearly 20
percent
of men between the ages of 18 and 25
have
sperm counts that are abnormally low.
To put
this in perspective, consider the fact
that in
the 1940s, men had an average of about
100
million sperm cells per millimeter of
semen
(m/ml). Today, the average is around
60m/ml.
Those among the 20 percent with
abnormal
levels have less than 20m/ml. So what
is the
cause behind decreasing sperm counts?
Realistically, there is probably more
than
just one cause. Environmental toxins,
synthetic food and water additives,
and
estrogenic substances in food are all
likely
culprits.