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Thursday, March 29, 2007
Category: WHWTMSITW*Mothers big on beef may affect sons' sperm countThis startling result is using up entire forests of newsprint around the world and is based on a sample including "51 men whose mothers remembered eating the most beef". Of these 51, "18 per cent had sperm counts classified by the World Health Organisation as sub-fertile". So 9 samples have enabled these eco-goons to establish a connection with pesticides or maybe hormones or maybe "contaminants" (note my intentional use of scare quotes - what the heck are contaminants and how are they going to establish a link ~25 years out?). To directly quote the head researcher Dr Shanna Swan, "I was really surprised when we found this. It was a really strong association". She's either statistically stupid or scientifically dishonest. * We Have Way Too Many Scientists In This World. |
