SOSC 1040 Lecture Notes - Aamjiwnaang First Nation, Chemical Industry, Semen Analysis
10 Apr 2014
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Many of these chemicals affect male reproductive organs and sperm count in humans and other animals. Many synthetic chemicals are persistent chemicals because they do not biodegrade or break down quickly, such as ddt. Many of these chemicals cause sexual abnormalities because they tamper with the normal hormonal development of foetuses and cause feminization in humans, reptiles and other animals. By 1950 the chemical industry was turning out thousands of chemicals, many of them derived from petroleum. The foetus of the unborn human child is most at risk from. There has been a 200 percent increase in male genital birth chemical harm defects. The aamjiwnaang first nation reserve in sarnia, ontario is subject to 130,000 tons of toxic chemicals spewed into the air each year and has experienced the sharpest decline of male births ever recorded. This has been referred to scientists as the first sign of human extinction. Twenty industrial nations have experienced reduction in male.
