Questionable Claims Regarding Chemicals and Sperm Counts

“No evidence for declining sperm quality, by American Council on Science and Health.”
Is sperm quality and quantity on the decline? That’s the focus of a recent article which investigates the issue by citing a number of studies over the years that either support or refute the notion that male fertility is decreasing. Though some of the evidence is anecdotal — such as reports from Israeli sperm banks on increases in low quality donations — other research that analyzed eight years worth of sperm-donor data in Boston found statistically significant declines in semen volume, sperm count, and motility. Read the full article on ACSH Dispatch.