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thursday's morning show podcast because you deserve a better morning this morning i'm serving you up

a double we are going to talk about microplastics in the core four, but also in hope for humanity.

Ooh, and in cover lovers, we have two brothers going head to head and it's a good time.

It is a very, very good game.

Welcome to the Morning Show podcast.

My name is Anthony.

I'm Carlin Marie, and today is Thursday,

December 8th, 2022. The Core 4. The four headlines you need to know. Back in 1973, there were

about 4 billion people on this planet. Today, there are 8 billion. And while a lot of babies were made to reach 8 billion

humans, the baby-making power of men has actually gone down. Now, I'm going to throw a lot of

numbers at you, and I know it's probably early, so let's get that brain working. In 2017,

researchers discovered a 52% decrease in sperm count from samples in 2011 compared to data from 1973.

And today, researchers believe sperm counts have fallen an additional 1 to 2% every single year since that study.

But sperm count isn't the only factor when it comes to male fertility.

Sperm motility is also important. Spirm motility is basically the ability of sperm to swim and

move. And unfortunately, that number is down as well, decreasing by about 10% over the last

16 years. So we know what the research says. Spirm health is down across the world.

But why? The researchers say they need more time to find the exact causes, but early theories

are that chemicals in our everyday products are interfering with our hormones and impacting male

reproductive activity. Thalates seem to be the main culprit.

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