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Ian David

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4. From what I've heard, that's not what French men are famous for anyway.

Reply to shaayecanaan (Original post)

Wed Dec 5, 2012, 07:59 PM

Dec 2012

Wink wink nudge nudge.

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Sperm rates among French men fall by a third [View all] shaayecanaan Dec 2012 OP

"Children of Men" comes to mind. pepperbear Dec 2012 #1

Exposure to chemicals, such as industrial PCBs, may be a factor shaayecanaan Dec 2012 #2

Pot-smoking is one of the things that can reduce sperm counts. Cal33 Dec 2012 #3

Care to provide info to support that assertion? TroglodyteScholar Dec 2012 #21

Pot smoking increases sperm count until your balls explode Confusious Dec 2012 #27

Um...no? TroglodyteScholar Dec 2012 #29

lol nt Confusious Dec 2012 #31

I got you! marshall Dec 2012 #40

From what I've heard, that's not what French men are famous for anyway. Ian David Dec 2012 #4

I'm sure this has *nothing* to do with the all of the nuclear power plants dotting the country Flaxbee Dec 2012 #5

I don't know shaayecanaan Dec 2012 #6

Plastic, pesticides, oil, coal, nuclear tests, and that's the world that I call home. Neoma Dec 2012 #7

Bisphenol-A, or BPA Quantess Dec 2012 #34

sure... kardonb Dec 2012 #8

Thank you! There are waaaayyyy too many people on the earth. loudsue Dec 2012 #11

Same here. The root cause of many of the worlds' difficulties is over population. RKP5637 Dec 2012 #26

no randomtagger Dec 2012 #41

Well, okay, but just as long as none is standing over top of me! n/t RKP5637 Dec 2012 #42

Probably not actually Kelvin Mace Dec 2012 #16

Bad wine. nt kelliekat44 Dec 2012 #9

environmental estrogens greymattermom Dec 2012 #10

Yes, Bisphenol-A Quantess Dec 2012 #35

the stress of a self-defeating economy ricardA Dec 2012 #12

Clean economy should add permanent jobs ricardA Dec 2012 #13

I agree with you. NYC_SKP Dec 2012 #37

Sacre Bleu! nt BootinUp Dec 2012 #14

Cite the discredited study of 1990 for reduced sperm count??? happyslug Dec 2012 #15

I blame American cheese and country music. nt ZombieHorde Dec 2012 #17

Maybe the French Sperm are surrendering? AnnieBW Dec 2012 #18

Pfffffft! Pterodactyl Dec 2012 #19

French Surrender "Jokes"? On DU? Really? Paladin Dec 2012 #20

Sorry, should have added this AnnieBW Dec 2012 #30

It Works Well As Sarcasm. Thanks. Paladin Dec 2012 #32

how many men in the study? How may men from other countries? olddad56 Dec 2012 #22

I'm counting mine as we speak. What a slow tedious process olddad56 Dec 2012 #23

Fifty million sperm cells can't be wrong. rug Dec 2012 #24

Well, Gerard Depardieu IS getting older underpants Dec 2012 #25

Xenoestrogens and endocrine disruptors.... not hard to figure. 2on2u Dec 2012 #28

I live in a pretty small village and I know atleast 10 couples who can't make a baby. Prometheus Bound Dec 2012 #33

Where do you live? LongTomH Dec 2012 #36

Hong Kong Prometheus Bound Dec 2012 #38

SHORT FRENCH JISM STOCK arely staircase Dec 2012 #39