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RFK Jr. Is Very Interested In, And Likely Wrong About, Your Teenager’s Sperm Count (www.techdirt.com)

submitted 2 months ago by sundray@lemmus.org to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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The right loves throwing around the word "insane" when they talk about the Left.

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[–] yeahiknow3@lemmy.dbzer0.com 47 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (12 children)

RFK Jr is despicable, but Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals from microplastics are ABSOLUTELY wreaking havoc on human reproductive physiology. The evidence is overwhelming and this TechDirt article is frankly embarrassing.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 13 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Great, then let's see the evidence. Where are the peer-reviewed statistical studies that show a causal link? Where's the lab work that shows part of a causal chain? Without those, it's not science, it's just more "many people believe" bullshit.

[–] EtherTide@aussie.zone 11 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Part of the reason there's not more evidence and it's hard to prove a causal link is because it's next to impossible to find enough participants for a control group because of how prevalent microplastics have become in our food and subsequently our bodies. You can't exactly run peer review observational, experimental and double blind studies on only one half (more like one third, as a causal study would need to induce change from a->b) of the required test groups. t- and p-tests also are much less valuable if the sample size is too small.

[–] NutWrench@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

This. You'd need a bunch of pre-industrial people as your Control Group.

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