Abduction Digest Number 74

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                          Abduction Digest, Number 74 
  
                          Monday, September 21st 1992 
  
     (C) Copyright 1992 Paranet Information Service.  All Rights Reserved. 
  
Today's Topics: 
  
                                   Environment 
                                Selection Factors 

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From: John.Rhodes@p0.f150.n30163.z1.FIDONET.ORG (John Rhodes) 
Subject: Environment 
Date: 14 Sep 92 07:09:00 GMT 

I found this interesting article that seems to confirm some 
alien statements reported by abducties. 
Article in ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS 11 Sept. 1992 pg.3 

 
SPERM COUNTS DECLINING, GLOBAL STUDY INDICATES 
Environment to blames, 
fertility experts suggest. 
Associated Press 
   LONDON-Average sperm count in healthy men has dropped by half 
in the past 50 years, according to a global review of 61 studies 
covering 14,947 men. 
     Experts say the study, directed by Dr. Niels Skakkebaek, of 
the University of Copenhagen, lends credence to speculation that 
environmental pollutants may damage production of sperm cells. 
     "I think there is cause for concern," said Dr. Richard Sharpe, 
a respected reproductive biologist at the University of Edinburgh. 
"If there is something in our environment having an effect that is 
drastic enough to decrease sperm count by 50%, we should know what 
this factor is." 
     Conflicting results have emerged from previous studies. 
Skakkebaek, whose findings are published in the Sept 13 issue of 
the British Medical Journal, said his review was the first to 
collect worldwide statistics and limit the analysis to healthy men. 
     "It would have to be something in the environment or 
lifestyle." said Skakkebaek. a professor of growth and 
reproduction. "Changes that occur within a generation could hardly 
be due to a change in genetic background." 
     He said a woman's exposure to environmental toxins during 
pregnancy may thwart development of a male fetus' sperm cells. 
     Skakkebaek said investigators had reviewed all international 
scientific studies on semen analysis of healthy men from 1938 to 
1990. They found average sperm count declined from 133 million 
sperm per milliliter in the 1940's to 60 million per milliliter in 
the 1990's. 
     Men who have fewer than 20 million sperm per milliliter are 
considered infertile. 
     Dr. Mark Cullen, director of occupational and environmental 
medicine at Yale University, noted that a few studies suggest that 
stress may slow sperm production. 
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From: Vince.Johnson@p0.f150.n30163.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Vince Johnson) 
Subject: Selection Factors 
Date: 16 Sep 92 23:13:00 GMT 

If I'm not mistaken, Adrenachrome was an invention by Dr. Hunter S.  
Thompson to describe the ultimate drug experience. I assumed he was  
joking... 
Regards, 
Vince 
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Vince Johnson - via ParaNet node 1:104/422 
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INTERNET: Vince.Johnson@p0.f150.n30163.z1.FIDONET.ORG 

 
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