French men not producing as much sperm

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By Andrew M.  Seaman

Reuters

When it comes to sperm  counts, French men aren't what they used to be, according to a new study.

Researchers found that between 1989 and 2005, the number of sperm in one  milliliter of the average 35-year-old Frenchman's semen fell from about 74  million to about 50 million - a decrease of roughly 32 percent.

"That's  certainly within the normal range, but if you think about it, if there continues  to be a decrease, we would expect that we'll get into that infertile range,"  said Grace Centola, president of the Society for Male Reproduction and Urology  in Birmingham, Alabama.

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