近半个世纪以来,人类(特别是男性)生育能力在急速下降,这在科学界已有了一定的共识。为此,世界自然基金会甚至把1996年定为“精子年”。对于人类生育能力下降的原因,现在一般解释为环境污染。笔者认为,环境污染是一个因素,但并非根本原因,甚至不一定是主要原因。因为如果是的话,它对人类的影响,应该是多方面的,诸如人的寿命会缩短,各种“怪病”会泛滥,人体的各项生理机能将显著下降,等等。但实际上,人类的寿命在延 For nearly half a century, the fertility of mankind (especially men) is rapidly declining, and this has reached some consensus in the scientific community. To this end, WWF even set 1996 as the “Year of Sperm”. The reason for the decline of human fertility is now generally explained as environmental pollution. The author believes that environmental pollution is a factor, but not the root cause, or even not necessarily the main reason. Because if it is, its impact on mankind should be multifaceted, such as the shortened life expectancy of people, the proliferation of various kinds of “strange diseases”, the significant decrease of various physiological functions of the body, and so on. But in fact, human life is delayed