See Spermageddon on Wiktionary
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"ref": "2018 January 27, India Sturgis, “Spermageddon: Why the human race could be infertile in 50 years”, in The Daily Telegraph, archived from the original on 2022-12-06:",
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"ref": "[2021 February 20, Nicholas Kristof, “Opinion | What Are Sperm Telling Us?”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 2022-10-11:",
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"ref": "2021 June 4, Rachel E. Gross, “The Sperm-Count 'Crisis' Doesn't Add Up”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 2022-12-26:",
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"ref": "[2022 April 25, Christine Sismondo, “Unpacking testicle tanning, the so-called spermageddon and shedding light on medical misinformation”, in Toronto Star, archived from the original on 2022-08-23:",
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"ref": "2022 November 5, Ellie Austin, “Why are so many young men freezing their sperm?”, in The Times, archived from the original on 2023-01-20:",
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