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https://news.mongabay.com/2023/06/global-study-of-71000-animal-species-finds-48-are-declining/
>According the new study, 48% of the species evaluated are decreasing in number globally while only 3% are increasing. Less than half, 49%, remain stable. Most population losses are concentrated in the tropics.
>Although there is controversy over what categories to include in this interdisciplinary assessment, and how to set benchmarks for potential tipping points, at least six out of the nine natural systems identified have already been significantly disrupted, causing: climate change; loss of biosphere integrity, conversion of natural landscapes (especially forest); pollution (including toxic chemicals, plastics, and more); over-nutrification by nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers; and threats to freshwater quality and availability.

>Male Frogs May Be Turning Female Thanks to Estrogen in Suburban Waste
>https://www.newsweek.com/female-frogs-estrogen-hermaphrodites-suburban-waste-369553

>Chronic exposure to polystyrene microplastics induced male reproductive toxicity and decreased testosterone levels via the LH-mediated LHR/cAMP/PKA/StAR pathway
>https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35177090/

>Plastic junk? Researchers find tiny particles in men's testicles
>https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/05/22/1252831827/microplastics-testicles-humans-health