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RFK Jr. Warns Teenagers Now Have Less Sperm Than 65-Year-Old Men (www.mediaite.com)

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[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 8 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Sperm counts and testosterone have been dropping rapidly but I didn't think teens were now worse off than 65 YOs

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

also 65yo are likely to have defective sperm more than teens.

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 1 points 3 days ago

That's usually accounted for in counts

[–] farting_gorilla@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Supposedly this is (of course) a lie/mischaracterization by RFK, that the study is comparing t/sperm levels of kids from the 70s with kids now, and so the kids from the 70s might have had higher levels but now they are in their 60s so...