You're seeing young people's behavior change and we're seeing that we can't explain exactly why fertility is decreasing because as you know, there are thousands of exposures that are endocrine disruptors that are disrupting it. But Clearly plastics and microplastics are part of that picture [of decreasing fertility]. Absolutely. And male sperm counts, I think in this country are down 50% for teenage males. I read the other day that teenage males today have less sperm than the average 65 year old American man. (17:28–17:34)
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