Exploring Chemical Influences on Child Development and Gender Expression

Dr. Shanna Swan (@drshannaswan) is the Professor of Environmental Medicine and Public Health at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and the author of Count Down: How Our Modern World Is Threatening Sperm Counts, Altering Male and Female Reproductive Development, and Imperiling the Future of the Human Race.

• Why has sperm count among men in Western countries decreased by over 50 percent in the past four decades?
• What can increasing reproductive problems in the animal kingdom tell us about diminishing human fertility?
• The same chemicals that cause reproductive decline are responsible for the obesity epidemic.
• What are some of the best practices we can personally observe for recovering from some of the most common fertility issues we face?
• What steps can society take today to ensure we have enough of a population to constitute a society tomorrow?
• And much more...

Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/658

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