A study of 124,000 men visiting fertility clinics in Europe and the USA found sperm quality reducing by almost 2% per year. Separate research focusing on 2,600 sperm donors [men with above-normal fertility] showed a similar pattern. While most men can still father a child, scientists say the human race faces extinction if the trend continues. It follows a landmark study last year showing a 59% cut in Western sperm counts from 1973 to 2011. Scientists in Valencia, Spain,and New Jersey, USA, carried out the first large-scale study of “swimming” sperm, known as the total motile sperm count.

Source: Daily Mirror October 07, 2018 20:26 UTC