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Volume 15, Issue 2 (March 2013) 15, 191–194; 10.1038/aja.2012.87
Endocrine disruptors and falling sperm counts: lessons learned or not!
Stephen Safe1,2
1 Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-4466, USA
2 Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Correspondence: Dr S Safe, (ssafe@cvm.tamu.edu)
Received 11 July 2012; Accepted: 15 July 2012; Published online: 24 September 2012
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In summary, it has become evident that multiple factors can affect sperm counts and quality. Most reports indicate that there has not been a worldwide decrease in sperm counts over the past 20 or 50 years, and the validity of the endocrine disruptor hypothesis or testicular dysgenesis syndrome with respect to sperm counts is highly questionable.
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