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Shanna Swan has been investigating the impact of chemicals on human fertility for decades

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[–] jerome@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

"For more than two decades she has devoted her life to studying the effects of “endocrine disrupting” chemicals(opens a new window) (EDCs), which can interfere with the body’s natural hormones. These include pesticides, bisphenols(opens a new window), which harden plastic so it can be used in food storage containers and baby bottles, and phthalates(opens a new window), which soften plastic for use in packaging and products such as garden hoses. In recent years, traces of EDCs have been found in breast milk, placental tissue, urine, blood and seminal fluid."

[–] Transcendant@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lemme guess.... microplastics, higher temps (balls are outside the body to maintain a cooler temperature).

[–] ShadowRunner@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

No, endocrine disrupting chemicals - which include pesticides, bisphenols, and phthalates.

[–] malloc@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago
[–] sensibilidades@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I would have paid to be at this conference:

Then Swan got to the "ass-ball connector". A slang term for ano-genital distance (AGD), the span from the anus to the base of the penis, it is "also known as 'the taint', the gooch' and 'the grundle" she told the crowd in Copenhagen.