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Michael Moran & Steven Smith

Men's penises are getting smaller and it could be the end of mankind, says scientist

Mankind's long-term survival is under threat due to 'feminisation', and award-winning scientist has said. Dr Shanna Swan said her research had found sperm counts in men in Western countries had dropped by more than 50%. She said that micro plastics and other pollutants were preventing male babies from developing properly.

That, she said, was causing an overall “feminisation” of humanity. Men were less fertile and affected by erectile disfunction more - there were also more babies being born with small penises, reports the Daily Star.

Dr Swan said humanity was in the grip of a "global existential crisis"

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