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- world@lemmy.world
There is a discussion on Hacker News, but feel free to comment here as well.
“The challenge is that no single cause can be identified for the declining birthrate,” Iwasawa said.
Really? Most people online have identified it.
It’s that pixelization isn’t it
lol.
One crazy side effect of that pixelation is the scale of Qanon today. Jim Watkins made his fortune selling access to overseas-hosted Japanese pornography without censorship.
Upvoted for little known fact
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.
Studies show that EDCs can cause declines in sperm count and quality. It’s suggested that high levels of these chemicals can cause impaired female reproduction or an increased chance of miscarriage. While debatable, some research shows that endocrine disruptors can cause higher chances of developing endometriosis in females.
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