Chemical in water linked to low sperm counts in mice

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that's the best news in decades.

Thank goodness we dont mate with mice.

So toxins are affecting masculinity then?

Would be easy to correlate in humans (correlation != causation), test farmers who have greater exposure to weedkiller and see if their counts are lower than city dwellers who have much lower exposure.

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Oh come on. Animal models are terrible at predicting human health outcomes, but it’s unethical to experiment on humans, so we persist. All this says is this dosage has an adverse effect on male mice. Nothing more.

What about beer?

Wait till the MRA hear about this...feminising of male hormones! Let's attack feminists until: farmers are predominantly male, scientists are predominantly male, water authority are predominantly male, as are vet and ag industry lobbyists. Meanwhile, I'll have a drink of waiter.

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