Study links in utero ‘forever chemical’ exposure to low sperm count and mobility

 

Note that sperm counts have been decreasing for years.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/oct/05/pfas-sperm-count-mobility-testicle-development

 

PFAS, now found in nearly all umbilical cord blood around the world, interfere with hormones crucial to testicle development

 A new peer-reviewed Danish study finds that a mother’s exposure to toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” during early pregnancy can lead to lower sperm count and quality later in her child’s life.

PFAS – per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances – are known to disrupt hormones and fetal development, and future “reproductive capacity” is largely defined as testicles develop in utero during the first trimester of a pregnancy, said study co-author Sandra Søgaard Tøttenborg of the Copenhagen University hospital.

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