Proof Engine Verification: Microplastics ingestion from food, water, and air is currently causing major declines in human fertility and hormone disruption.

doi:10.5281/zenodo.19454724

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Proof Engine Verification: Microplastics ingestion from food, water, and air is currently causing major declines in human fertility and hormone disruption.

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) 2026

Summary

A proof-engine verification assessed whether microplastic ingestion and inhalation are currently causing major fertility declines and hormone disruption, finding the exposure routes confirmed by peer-reviewed evidence and measurable reproductive hormone changes documented in reviews, while characterizing the fertility-decline claim as only partially verified given mechanistic rather than population-level support.

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Reproductive

Study Type Environmental

Verdict: PARTIALLY VERIFIED - SC1 (Exposure): VERIFIED. Microplastics are ingested from food, seafood, and drinking water, and inhaled from indoor and outdoor air — confirmed by 2 independent peer-reviewed sources (PMC9920460, PMC12249724). - SC2 (Hormone disruption): VERIFIED. Two peer-reviewed reviews document measurable reproductive hormone changes (reduced estradiol/AMH, elevated LH/FSH/testosterone) associated with microplastic/EDC exposure, and describe well-established mechanisms by which plastic additives d

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