{"title":"Stacey Colino","description":"Stacey Colino is an award-winning writer specializing in health and psychological issues. Her writing has appeared in US News \u0026amp; World Report, The Washington Post, Newsweek,  Parade, National Geographic, and more. She is the coauthor of numerous books, including Count Down,  Emotional Inflammation, and Disease Proof. Stacey is a lifelong dog lover and has owned three rescue dogs. Follow her on X @ColinoStacey.","products":[{"product_id":"count-down-how-our-modern-world-is-threatening-sperm-counts-altering-male-and-female-reproductive-development-and-imperiling-th-paperback","title":"Count Down: How Our Modern World Is Threatening Sperm Counts, Altering Male and Female Reproductive Development, and Imperiling th - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the tradition of \u003ci\u003eSilent Spring\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Sixth Extinction\u003c\/i\u003e, an urgent, \"disturbing, empowering, and essential\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review) book about the ways in which chemicals in the modern environment are changing--and endangering--human sexuality and fertility on the grandest scale, from renowned epidemiologist Shanna Swan.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 2017, author Shanna Swan and her team of researchers completed a major study. They found that over the past four decades, sperm levels among men in Western countries have dropped by more than 50 percent. They came to this conclusion after examining 185 studies involving close to 45,000 healthy men. The result sent shockwaves around the globe--but the story didn't end there. It turns out our sexual development is changing in broader ways, for both men and women and even other species, and that the modern world is on pace to become an infertile one. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow and why could this happen? What is hijacking our fertility and our health? \u003ci\u003eCount Down\u003c\/i\u003e unpacks these questions, revealing what Swan and other researchers have learned about how both lifestyle and chemical exposures are affecting our fertility, sexual development--potentially including the increase in gender fluidity--and general health as a species. Engagingly explaining the science and repercussions of these worldwide threats and providing simple and practical guidelines for effectively avoiding chemical goods (from water bottles to shaving cream) both as individuals and societies, \u003ci\u003eCount Down \u003c\/i\u003eis \"staggering in its findings\" (Erin Brockovich, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian) \u003c\/i\u003eand \"will serve as an awakening\" (\u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eReview\u003c\/i\u003e).","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51364509712607,"sku":"9781982113674","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/Xm5gSJt3ap9781982113674.webp?v=1789048489"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/stacey-colino.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}