Column: Sperm Count And Sperm Quality Are Both In Decline.

Nicholas Kristof wrote in his column in the New York Times (3/12, SR9, Subscription Publication) that sperm count and sperm quality have both significantly declined over the past 75 years, according to scientific research. Dr. Andrea Gore, a professor of pharmacology at the University of Texas and the editor of the journal Endocrinology, said, “Semen quality and fertility in men have decreased. Not everyone who wants to reproduce will be able to. And the costs of male disorders to quality of life, and the economic burden to society, are inestimable.” Endocrine Society member Dr. Niels Erik Skakkebaek, a Danish fertility scholar, said, “I think we are at a turning point. It is a matter of whether we can sustain ourselves.” https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/11/opinion/sunday/are-your-sperm-in-trouble.html?_r=0