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There is a discussion on Hacker News, but feel free to comment here as well.
There is a discussion on Hacker News, but feel free to comment here as well.
That discussion is really good but no one addresses the changes to our bodies from endocrine disruptors which makes it harder to even have babies. https://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/agents/endocrine/index.cfm
Because the majority of people not having babies don’t plan to have babies, and the majority of people who want babies still manage to have them, though it might take more attempts than it used to, or IVF assistance. The desire and cultural influences are much bigger factors at the moment on birth rate than endocrine disruptors.
(Though they’re probably responsible for a bunch of other stuff, like the obesity epidemic)
Are you going off sources that people who want them end up having them? I know personally at least 4 families that miscarried a ton and couldn’t have more babies even though they wanted to. They may have at least had one, but never had the 2-4 kids they wanted.
Sorry to hear that. What were their age ranges? It’s well known that age is the biggest influence in miscarriage chance.
I’m sure there are more sources, I"m just lazy today.
https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/what-to-know-about-endocrine-disruptors
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not debating that endocrine disruptors interfere with the reproductive process. I just don’t think anybody has proven that they’re a major issue YET