Given our careless use of pesticides, fungicides, plasticizers, xenoestrogens, PFAS in pesticides, sewage sludge, and cigarette smoke, we're dooming the population to have a fertility of zero. I understand that the article is about cancer, not fertility, but the general argument of accumulated germline damage prevails. It's no wonder that the West requires immigrants to preserve its population because the domesticated ones don't have children when they're young and can't have children when they're no longer young.
Granted, I don't mean to overlook the economic reasons; it just doesn't excuse the environmental reasons.
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[ 3.0 ms ] story [ 14.6 ms ] threadGranted, I don't mean to overlook the economic reasons; it just doesn't excuse the environmental reasons.