658: Shanna Swan | The Reproduction Crisis and Humanity's Future
The Jordan Harbinger Show
Jordan Harbinger
4.8 • 12.3K Ratings
🗓️ 27 April 2022
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
Dr. Shanna Swan (@drshannaswan) is the Professor of Environmental Medicine and Public Health at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and the author of Count Down: How Our Modern World Is Threatening Sperm Counts, Altering Male and Female Reproductive Development, and Imperiling the Future of the Human Race.
What We Discuss with Dr. Shanna Swan:- Why has sperm count among men in Western countries decreased by over 50 percent in the past four decades?
- What can increasing reproductive problems in the animal kingdom tell us about diminishing human fertility?
- The same chemicals that cause reproductive decline are responsible for the obesity epidemic.
- What are some of the best practices we can personally observe for recovering from some of the most common fertility issues we face?
- What steps can society take today to ensure we have enough of a population to constitute a society tomorrow?
- And much more...
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| 1:21.7 | For over 20 years, Dr. Shanneswan has been studying the impact of environmental chemicals |
| 1:26.0 | on neuro and sexual development. So, we're going to learn just how our fertility is in grave danger |
| 1:31.8 | and seemingly getting worse every year. This isn't just too much laptop use or keeping |
| 1:36.5 | your cell phone in your pocket. I'm talking about the results of chemical exposure through our skin, |
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