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Letter: The real crisis is the number of people 92)

Published 2 March 2022

From Denis Watkins, Truro, Cornwall, UK

Geoff Harding (Letters, 19 February) fears for fertility in our polluted world. As a species, we seem incapable of restricting our encroachment on, and destruction of, all parts of the planet. Human sperm counts too low for fertility may be the best hope for a world that continues to be fit to live in.

Issue no. 3376 published 5 March 2022

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