[SarahSchilling]

Regarding your first question - globally, sperm counts are dropping, not just in human males, but in other life forms as well - even fish. One of the theories is that this dropping is caused by estrogen pollution, for example, females on the pill - their urine gets into water courses, water is extracted for human consumption, and males drink it, along with the estrogen, which goes through sewage treatment works. Then there are xeno-estrogens ( I think that is what they are called ) which are chemicals which mimic estrogenic effects - they are getting into water supplies, they are in cosmetics, sunscreen, washing up liquid, etc. The human body finds it quite difficult to cleanse these xeno-estrogens out of its system, they can stay for years.

I think there's some truth here, but I think this is pushed as more of a factor than it really is compared to ionizing radiation, both from peak open air testing, underground testing, Chernobyl/Fukushima, and "normal" releases from the multitude of nuclear power plants.

Just take a look at the rise in cancer rates since the 60s...of course it's not the only factor, as our food is devoid of nutrients, and pollution from oil/gas production is surely a factor as well.

Not sure why I bothered posting this though, as the situation is about as far out of our hands as possible, and no corporate research will ever mention it. Just please stay the hell out of the rain!