Count Down: How Our Modern World Is Threatening Sperm Counts, Altering Male and Female Reproductive Development, and Imperiling the Future of the Human RaceSimon and Schuster, 23. 2. 2021 - Počet stran: 304 In the tradition of Silent Spring and The Sixth Extinction, an urgent, meticulously researched, and groundbreaking book about the ways in which chemicals in the modern environment are changing—and endangering—human sexuality and fertility on the grandest scale, from renowned epidemiologist Shanna Swan. 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 at once an urgent wake-up call, an illuminating read, and a vital tool for the protection of our future. |
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Prologue | 1 |
Reproductive Shock Hormonal Havoc in Our Midst | 7 |
The Diminished Male Where Have All the | 17 |
It Takes Two to Tango Her Side of the Story | 35 |
Gender Fluidity Beyond Male and Female | 55 |
The Sources and Timing of These Shifts | 73 |
Up Close and Personal Lifestyle Habits That Can | 91 |
Silent Ubiquitous Threats The Dangers of Plastics and | 107 |
What We Can Do about This | 171 |
Reducing the Chemical Footprint in Your Home | 181 |
Envisioning a Healthier Future What Needs to Be Done | 195 |
Conclusion | 211 |
Acknowledgments | 217 |
Glossary | 225 |
Selected Bibliography | 231 |
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The Reverberating Fallout | 127 |
Imminent Social Insecurities Demographic Deviations | 155 |
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