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What's Really Causing The Baby Bust?
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Grantham's environmental foundation led him to the catastrophic decline in insects (50-75% biomass loss) and then to declining human sperm counts. Shanna Swan's 2011 report showed sperm counts had almost halved since 1970.
Sperm Counts Are in Freefall — And Nobody's Talking About It
Human sperm counts have plummeted from 180 million to 35 million units per milliliter since hunter-gatherer times, with the decline accelerating at 2.5% per year. In 20-25 years, the average couple will need medical help to conceive. This is tomorrow — not some distant future problem.
