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Is There a Male Fertility Crisis?

S1 · E65 · 19 Feb 2023 · 25 min

A man has enough sperm. Or so you might think - up to 600 million per ejaculation. And yet there is cause for concern: several studies have shown a significant decline in sperm count, especially in Western countries, in the last 50 years. Are we heading towards a sperm crisis?