Count Down
How Our Modern World Is Threatening Sperm Counts, Altering Male and Female Reproductive Development, and Imperiling the Future of the Human Race
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Count Down
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Cynthia Farrell
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Cynthia Farrell
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Shanna H. Swan
About this listen
In 2017, author Shanna Swan and her team of researchers completed a major study. They found that over the past four decades, sperm levels among men in Western countries have dropped by more than 50 percent. They came to this conclusion after examining 185 studies involving close to 45,000 healthy men. The result sent shockwaves around the globe—but the story didn’t end there. It turns out our sexual development is changing in broader ways, for both men and women and even other species, and that the modern world is on pace to become an infertile one.
How and why could this happen? What is hijacking our fertility and our health? Count Down unpacks these questions, revealing what Swan and other researchers have learned about how both lifestyle and chemical exposures are affecting our fertility, sexual development—potentially including the increase in gender fluidity—and general health as a species. Engagingly explaining the science and repercussions of these worldwide threats and providing simple and practical guidelines for effectively avoiding chemical goods (from water bottles to shaving cream) both as individuals and societies, Count Down is “staggering in its findings” (Erin Brockovich, The Guardian) and “will serve as an awakening” (The New York Times Book Review).
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It's a must-read for anyone who cares about reproductive health. It'll give you the knowledge you need to make informed decisions and inspire positive change. I highly recommend this book to all who seek a deeper understanding of this critical issue.
Eye opening
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The world is in flux. The future of the human race. Is on the line like never before.
This book explains situation. In great detail. The hard steps that must be taken to prevent are extinction.
Illuminating
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Excellent
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