Count Down: How Our Modern World Is Threatening Sperm Counts, Altering Male and Female Reproductive Development, and Imperiling the Future of the Human Race

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The tone of the book is annoying. The whole thing could have been much shorter. I already knew most of the info, but it is still important. Damian Eadie, Series Producer, said: “Dr Ann Marie had a very big pair of shoes to fill, but has done so with sheer enthusiasm and dedication. A pleasure to work with and a huge talent".

You must work out. Working out increases testosterone and sperm. Working out makes you feel like a Grecian god. Men who exercise 7 hours per week have 43% higher sperm concentrations than those who do not work out. An urgent examination of a global problem that requires vastly more attention than it currently receives. I enjoyed the tips, but ultimately, haven't we all heard that you shouldn't microwave plastic? The tips were not very useful for me...maybe other people could use the advice though. Dent is well known as the resident lexicographer and adjudicator for the letters rounds on Channel 4's long-running game show Countdown. On each episode, she also provides a brief commentary on the origin of a particular word or phrase. Dent is the longest-serving member of the show's current on-screen team, first appearing in 1992; she has made more than 5,000 appearances. [7] Dent also works on the spin-off show 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown. [8]

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Again, pretty much everything I wrote above I previously read in much more cogently argued articles that are widely available. What was not covered in those articles was the question of whether or not the sudden rise in the number of gender dysphoria cases might be caused by greater exposure to anti-androgenic chemicals or endocrine disrupters (either in utero or prior to puberty). I previously assumed this phenomenon was largely (or even exclusively) the result of social contagion (i.e. teens and young adults pushing boundaries and trying to be popular or relevant). So in all honesty this question was rather intriguing and I was curious to see what the data showed. Sadly, the author spent roughly an eighth of the book speculating without any evidence one way or the other. But rest assured, she made sure to state multiple times that even if toxic chemicals are responsible for gender dysphoria, the rise of gender fluidity is something to be celebrated and embraced. OK. Thanks for that scientific analysis Doc. Aside from the obligatory kowtows to the homosexual and transsexual, this book has a great deal of very frightening (yet enlightening) information. Our sperm counts have been dropping by 1% per year for the past 50 years, which means that we have half the sperm as did men in 1970. Only about ~10% of males today will get their sperm accepted into sperm banks. Our sperm are becoming mutated, without tails, spinning in circles, and decreasing in density and volume. Why? Count Down is a solid fact-based description of an alarming problem that we humans face now. In the past forty years, human male sperm count has dropped by more than fifty percent. Female fertility also has declined precipitously in the same period. If this rate continues, then the human species could become extinct. In other words, writers like P.D. James ( Children of Men) are beginning to seem more like prescient visionaries than creators of dystopian science fiction. The reason I gave this book one less star is twofold: one is the topic is depressing and the other is that she really never talked about how the cost of childcare contributes to this issue. I know many people opting to have one child instead of two solely based on the rising cost of raising children in the United States. It is strange that she never delves into this topic as Universal Child Care is a hot button issue whose day has come.

And the constant intrusion of slang-like language (“scrambled eggs”, “little swimmers”, and “spoiler alert”) set my teeth on edge since the author didn’t use one style (journalistic vs. informal) consistently. In 2019, Dent launched the gold award podcast, Something Rhymes With Purple, co-hosted with her friend Gyles Brandreth [13] and have followed up with their live theatre stage residencies using the same formula as their podcast. [14] Reproduktiivsüsteem ning sellega seotud tulevik on teema, millest ei saa ega tohi enam mööda vaadata. Seetõttu on mul väga hea meel, et säärane raamat on ühe teadlase sule läbi ilmavalgust näinud. Ühtlasi selgitab autor kõik ilusasti lahti ning ei lange ülemäära detailidesse, mis teeb kirjatüki suuremale ampluaale inimestele arusaadavaks. Unique, exhaustively researched, well-reasoned… Count Down makes a compelling case for changing what we think we know about the future of the human species.” What a difference a bit of editing could make. This could easily have been reduced by half what with the repetition that caused my attention to wander and I then realized that I was able to skim through to the end. Then there is the bizarrely casual conversational tone that strikes me as unprofessional.Clean your dust and leave your shoes at the door. Dust has lots of destructive chemicals that you can inhale all day if you don't clean it up. Shoes bring pesticides inside. Don't let it happen. Massively disappointing. I’ve had this in my “to read” queue for over a year and was really excited when it was finally available through my library. Unfortunately, this book contains about one lengthy article’s worth of information stretched out to fill a book. Seriously, if you’ve read any credible article on the subject in recent years you already know everything this book can teach you. If on the other hand, you have never even heard of this issue, then this might be a good introduction to the subject. I read about this book from an article in the NYT. I could’ve stopped there and learned just about as much, minus the alphabet soup and the annoyingly informal conversational tone. Knowing that her leadership is corrupt to the core, intelligence officer Amy Cornwall is forced to give up her identity and work from the shadows. But it's not easy staying hidden when your enemies are elite intelligence operatives.