The levels (of glyphosate that the) French researchers found in sperm were four times higher than in the men’s blood

Eating organic produce did not have a clear impact on levels.

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    6 months ago

    The news article should report accurately. They directly linked out “global fertility rates are dropping” to a lancet article which looked only at demographics of how many children are born to different age groups. I followed that link to confirm it wasn’t about people unable to have children before commenting.

    The drop in global fertility has fuck-all to do with glyphosate.

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      6 months ago

      The drop in global fertility has fuck-all to do with glyphosate.

      The article doesn’t comment on linking fertility and glyphosate in sperm either way, but it’s worth researching, if someone hasn’t studied that already.

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        The paper comes as researchers look for answers to why global fertility rates are dropping, and many suspect exposure to toxic chemicals like glyphosate is a significant driver of the decline.

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          It’s a statement of suspicion, not a conclusion of causality towards glyphosate specifically.