Sperm Count Dropping in the USA?

but oddly enough, that is about the same amount of time that ethylene glycol monobutyl ether (aka 2-butoxyethanol) has been in existence.... or at least in widespread use!

* Exposure 'looks like the flu' <--- link 4-24-09

This Coast Guardsman who was a monitor of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill cleanup is most distressed that his sperm count is zero

This is the chemical of harm, I firmly believe, for not only the Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup workers, but for the military in the past 50 years and most especially the military in war time!

These should be banned!

And doctors need to take note of it and test for kidney and liver function regularly; have the lab tech look at the red blood cells and comment, and test more in the blood than they usually have!

Now, this chemical's harm mimics psychiatric disorder, so go get those wrongly placed in the psych wards while you're at it.

Oh, yes, grandmas who clean are harmed by it; automotive guys... Many in our country!

If I could ask God for anything, it wouldn't be for material possessions, but for good health and longevity!

Give your doctor this info

The USA doesn't think these chemicals are harmful, and the reason they must be saying that the gulf war caused no more harm to the soldiers than was found in the general population

... is because it is very likely a pandemic situation for all Americans: 2-butoxyethanol poisoning of many, many people,

and NOT ONE getting an accurate diagnosis for the source of harm

1-23-04

HEADLINES: SPERM IN THE NEWS

This must be the year of the sperm.

RACHEL'S ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH WEEKLY #477 . . January 18, 1996 . .

Environmental Research Foundation

. . P.O. Box 5036, Annapolis, MD 21403 . . Fax (410) 263-8944;

Internet: erf@rachel.org

The NEW YORKER magazine ran a long story[1] January 15th called "Silent Sperm" --a wry reference to Rachel Carson's SILENT SPRING, which made its debut in the NEW YORKER 35 years ago. "Silent Sperm" describes the 50% loss in sperm count that has occurred in men worldwide during the past 40 years.

Furthermore, the January issue of ESQUIRE features an article on sperm loss,[2] titled "Downward Motility."

MOTHER JONES magazine[3] also began the new year with a sperm story, titled "Down for the Count."

And the nation's newspaper of record, the NEW YORK TIMES, ran a 4-part, front-page series on increasing infertility in the U.S. January 7-10.

Source - Back up copy