The evidence is convergent. Multiple independent sources reach the same conclusion, the underlying mechanism is well-characterized, and even the field's most cautious voices treat it as worth doing.
For example, mice exposed to polystyrene microplastics in drinking water exhibited lower blood testosterone, decreased sperm viability, and increased sperm abnormalities. Microplastics were found to infiltrate and disrupt the function of Leydig cells, which are responsible for testosterone production.
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Microplastics in the testis and semen can disrupt sperm motility, hormones and fertility markers, the good news this seems all reversible based on my results.
we know clearly from animal models that microplastics can have a negative effect on fertility sperm counts sperm motility and hormone levels in both men and women
A recent study showed that all 28 male humans they studied 100% of the people in the study had microplastics in human testicles