Scientists Warn of Halved Male Testosterone Levels and Reproductive Crisis
Scientists are warning that men's testosterone levels have decreased by half over the last 50 years, fueling fears of a male reproductive crisis linked to environmental factors, pollution, and modern lifestyles.
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‘Spermageddon’: is the world facing a male reproductive crisis?
Reports of falling sperm counts and testosterone levels have fuelled fears over chemicals, pollution and modern lifestyles. But how much do scientists agree on what is affecting male fertility? The world is unwittingly walking into a male reproductive crisis, scientists warned this week as they presented data that revealed an apparent halving of average male testosterone levels over the past 50 years. “It is mind-blowing that testosterone has declined by 50%,” Prof Hagai Levine, who led the w...
By Hannah Devlin Science correspondent
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Environmental factors like hormone-disrupting substances may be contributing to testosterone decline, scientists say
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