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WHOLENESS

Glyphosate/Roundup &

Human Male Infertility

This article was first published 19/03/14 on: www.i-sis.org.uk/

Steep decline in human male sperm count concomitant with rise in testicular germ cell cancer, con-
genital malformations of the male reproductive tract and drop in serum testosterone levels, all point-
ing towards increasing exposure to glyphosate/Roundup herbicides during the past decades, now
corroborated by lab findings - Dr. Mae-Wan Ho.

“The infertility timebomb: are carried out by Niels Shakkebaek, a Gillian Lockwood, medical director

men facing extinction?” professor at University of Copenha- of Midland Fertility Services in the
gen. Male infertility has been rising UK. Testis development begins in
sharply in industrialized countries the growing foetus. Factors blamed
he headline of a newspa- worldwide, one in five healthy men include too much beef in the diet
per article published in between the ages of 18 and 25 pro- rich in polycyclic aromatics, obe-
2010 [1] refers to findings duce abnormal sperm counts. The sity during pregnancy, exposure to
Tfrom decades of research problems start in the womb, says Dr. smoke, pesticides, traffic fumes,

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