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To: TimF who wrote (135118)	3/29/2001 6:52:13 PM
From: Scumbria	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570913

Tim, Here are a few for you, none of which are from right wing propaganda outlets. mcni.net copa.org monitor.net Scumbria

To: TimF who wrote (135118)	3/29/2001 7:10:14 PM
From: Scumbria	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1570913

[1] Jacques Auger and others, "Decline in Semen Quality Among Fertile Men in Paris During the Past 20 years," NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE Vol. 332, No. 5 (February 2, 1995), pgs. 281-285. And: D. Stewart Irvine, "Falling sperm quality," BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL Vol. 309 (August 13, 1994), pg. 476. [2] Elisabeth Carlsen and others, "Evidence for decreasing quality of semen during past 50 years," BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL Vol. 305 (1992), pgs. 609-613. [3] Peter Bromwich and others, "Decline in sperm counts: an artefact of changed reference range of 'normal'?" BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL Vol. 309 (July 2, 1994), pgs. 19-22. Elisabeth Carlsen and some of her co-workers responded that Bromwich's analysis was "based on wrong assumptions" and "failed to give any empirical reference that might support [Bromwich's] assertion of differential selection." See Niels Keiding and others, "Importance of empirical evidence," BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL Vol. 309 (July 2, 1994), pg. 22. [4] Richard J. Sherins, "Are Semen Quality and Male Fertility Changing?" NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE Vol. 332 No. 5 (Feb. 2, 1995), pg. 327, says that studies conducted so far have not properly controlled for differences in age, abstinence before semen analysis, ejaculatory frequency, and the number of samples analyzed per person, all of which can effect sperm count. Another author who has registered skepticism of the 1992 findings is Stephen Farrow, "Falling sperm quality: fact or fiction?" BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL Vol. 309, No. 6946 (July 2, 1994), pgs. 1-2. [5] A. Giwercman and N.E. Skakkebaek, "The human testis--an organ at risk?" INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANDROLOGY Vol. 15 (1992), pgs. 373-375. And: Richard M. Sharpe and Niels E. Skakkebaek, "Are oestrogens involved in falling sperm counts and disorders of the male reproductive tract?" THE LANCET Vol. 341 (May 29, 1993), pgs. 1392-1395. And: R. M. Sharpe, " Declining sperm counts in men --is there an endocrine cause?" JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY, Vol. 136 (1993), pgs. 357-360. [6] A. Giwercman, cited above in note 5; and see Peter Boyle and others, "Changes in Testicular Cancer in Scotland," EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER AND CLINICAL ONCOLOGY Vol. 23 (1987), pgs. 827-830. And: A. Giwercman and others, "Evidence for increasing evidence of abnormalities of the human testis: a review," ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES Vol. 101, Supplement 2 (1993), pgs. 65-71. [7] See Sharpe and Skakkebaek, cited above in note 5. [8] Thomas A. Mably and others, "IN UTERO and Lactational Exposure of Male Rats to 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-P-dioxin. 3. Effects on Spermatogenesis and Reproductive Capability." TOXICOLOGY AND APPLIED PHARMACOLOGY Vol. 114 (May, 1992), pgs. 118-126.