Most of the studies were about people applying the insecticides, not the general public. And it's well known that insecticides are far from safe, if you aren't wearing PPE around them you're going to pay a price.

Can't wait to hear Alex Jones lie about this one, I hope aliens get involved again

Wait, you're telling me that poisons are poison?!?

Oh my God, someone tell the pesticide companies!

Big regrets not washing those blueberries before eating them now.

It looks like the experiment itself was comparing sperm levels between direct exposure and indirect exposure. That tells us that high concentration and direct exposure reduce sperm and establishes the pesticide as capable of doing that. But it doesn't tell us much about the global decline. Nothing in the article actually links the two together, and they haven't even linked the actual study.

We know that some harmful substances are benign in small quantities. The everyday radiation we're exposed to by naturally occuring isotopes doesn't do anything. On the other hand, X Rays are safe, but the technicians actually have a noticeable increase in cancer risk if they don't leave the room when they actually take the X Ray. So the latent background radiation there is enough to make a difference.

Ultimately, we still don't know if the latent exposure we get to these pesticides is enough to cause reproductive harm. If there isn't a scientifically significant difference in sperm levels between vegans and non vegetarians, I'm inclined to think this isn't the culprit. But it's worth further research and cutting back on usage anyway of course. It could be that we're exposed to enough to cause a decrease in sperm, but not enough that dietary differences would be visible.

(This is why foods and consumer products can have incredibly complex molecules and still be safe. The concentration makes it benign -- most of the time. This is why food additives are an interesting topic.)

That saves me a shitload on a vasectomy.

Glyphosate is stored in the balls

This is fantastic news, all the better for the planet 👍

Im a little offended that Monsanto thinks my sperm are insects if I’m being honest

Next stop: children of men

Is this a bad thing? Fewer kids in the future seems like a win.

Sperm Motility issues 😪