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Thorndyke Barnhard		2012-01-03 08:13:55 AM

Heh, I see what you did there, subby.

Also, everybody with a red swimming badge or higher - PANIC!

elvisaintdead		2012-01-03 08:17:44 AM

penis.

SnarfVader		2012-01-03 08:18:25 AM

Sell the kids for food.

GooberMcFly		2012-01-03 08:23:56 AM

Heh.

Rufus_T_Firefly		2012-01-03 08:26:11 AM

Pic's caption: Chlorination by-products may affect little swimmers

I see what you did there, Francisca Ortega.

cmunic8r99		2012-01-03 08:33:58 AM

+1 subby

I_Am_Weasel		2012-01-03 09:10:41 AM

I'm not convinced that this is why Olympic swimmers are not procreating.

ThatGuyFromTheInternet		2012-01-03 09:32:48 AM

Obama took his dollar-on-a-fishing-line!

lajimi		2012-01-03 09:43:48 AM

unyon		2012-01-03 11:45:09 AM

Interesting that they pin this on absorption of chloramines (which is Cl bound with organics, often ammonia, which produces the characteristic smell), by the scrotum, but then proceed to make a distinction between indoor and outdoor pools, where that absorption wouldn't change. Tellingly, they point to the difference between the outdoor pools in the study (backyard as opposed to public), which seems to be far more important than indoor vs outdoor. Overall, the methodology of this study is pretty suspect, if they didn't compare like indoor and outdoor pools, which would have been a trivial matter.

I was in the water of a heavily-chlorinated indoor pool for the better part of my life from age 6-20, so would probably have been a candidate for experiencing this. I guess I'm going to start blaming my moobs on this, instead of my profound lack of exercise.

/used to have a swimmers body
//still do, but now that swimmer's body is that of a harbour seal

LewDux		2012-01-03 11:56:05 AM

TeddyRooseveltsMustache		2012-01-03 11:57:01 AM

Nirvana was so edgy for 1993. Blrrrraaaaarggggff.

RottNDude		2012-01-03 12:00:44 PM

"Chlorinated Scrotums" would be a great name for a band...

JohnCarter		2012-01-03 12:01:13 PM

So a study on male swimmers indicated those studied were predominantly white. Who knew

That Guy in the Dos Equis Commercials		2012-01-03 12:02:21 PM

It's true. Swimming in a public pool with teenage girls in bikinis gave me a raging boner when I was 15. So the was a hormonal.... something.

Big Man On Campus		2012-01-03 12:02:28 PM

FTA: The study's findings are preliminary, and the researchers plan more tests to rule out other factors such as bath water that may contribute to lowered hormone levels in boys.

So, boys should just stay out of the water entirely?

tereklusec		2012-01-03 12:06:00 PM

In before someone accuses this of causing teh gay?

Nutsac_Jim		2012-01-03 12:06:17 PM

This just in... men taking baths have likely issues with their testosterone.

leevis		2012-01-03 12:07:49 PM

TeddyRooseveltsMustache: Nirvana was so edgy for 1993. Blrrrraaaaarggggff.

Oh, look, I'm wearing a flannel shirt and I'm so depressed and nobody loves me.

Mrs.Sharpier		2012-01-03 12:08:50 PM

ha!

Pair-o-Dice		2012-01-03 12:10:07 PM

Significant shrinkage!!

/like a frightened turtle

StrikitRich		2012-01-03 12:10:07 PM

Nutsac_Jim: This just in... men taking baths have likely issues with their testosterone.

Don't give the little kids any ideas. It's hared enough getting them to bathe.

dcrowell		2012-01-03 12:10:55 PM

So, chlorinated water is bad for boys? I'm glad I (almost) always went swimming in a lake - with fish poop.

The My Little Pony Killer		2012-01-03 12:11:02 PM

Have they tried having the kids put down the Mountain Dew and run around outside a bit?

MaliFinn		2012-01-03 12:11:38 PM

topcon		2012-01-03 12:12:19 PM

I saw this on the shelf at B&N last week.

i.imgur.com

S.A.S.Q.U.A.T.C.H.		2012-01-03 12:13:12 PM

I lol'd thanks subby

iaazathot		2012-01-03 12:15:27 PM

Your skin absorbs more chlorine from showering in municipal water than if you were to drink a full days supply of water. Fun fact.

Shakespeare's Monkey		2012-01-03 12:16:37 PM

FTFA: Boys are particularly sensitive because the skin of the scrotum is susceptible to absorbing chlorination
by-products such as those formed when urine or other organic material is found.

t3.gstatic.com

lennavan		2012-01-03 12:16:58 PM

Big Man On Campus: FTA: The study's findings are preliminary, and the researchers plan more tests to rule out other factors such as bath water that may contribute to lowered hormone levels in boys.

So, boys should just stay out of the water entirely?

Yes. Water is actually packed full of a dangerous chemical known as dihydrogen monoxide (DHMO). It has been well documented for thousands of years that DHMO is the direct cause of countless deaths per year and the list of links between DHMO and major diseases is growing every day. Avoidance of DHMO and public pools is the only solution. But it doesn't just stop at death -

FTFA - The lowered hormone levels may contribute to reproductive problems such as reduced sperm

Reduced sperm levels in boys aged 7-18. This is an enormous problem, reduced sperm production IN OUR CHILDREN. Thank god for the follow-up research going on:

FTFA - The study's findings are preliminary, and the researchers plan more tests to rule out other factors such as bath water that may contribute to lowered hormone levels in boys.

This finding will be incredibly important. We need to know the exact cause of this. We need to know what is causing a 20% reduction in testosterone IN OUR CHILDREN. What does this 20% reduction result in? A (maybe) reduced sperm count IN OUR CHILDREN! Anything else? Who knows but did I mention it was IN OUR KIDS?

If a 7 year old has a reduced sperm count caused by swimming and he stops swimming, will he be able to reproduce by the time he's 8?! I don't know, nor does the study but this is IN OUR CHILDREN!!!

Witchyman		2012-01-03 12:19:17 PM

This is why I don't bathe.

SnakeMan		2012-01-03 12:20:02 PM

'Splain the headline to us tards here, would ya.

Witchyman		2012-01-03 12:21:21 PM

SnakeMan: 'Splain the headline to us tards here, would ya.

The picture in the article is quite like the cover of Nirvana's album 'Nevermind'

Random Anonymous Blackmail		2012-01-03 12:21:28 PM

Scientists are kind of creepy being concerned with the scrotum of a child.

Witchyman		2012-01-03 12:22:02 PM

Random Anonymous Blackmail: Scientists are kind of creepy being concerned with the scrotum of a child.

Got their PhD from Penn State, dontyaknow.

Harry Freakstorm		2012-01-03 12:28:26 PM

Precious bodily fluids

Zizzowop		2012-01-03 12:28:51 PM

I was in the pool!!

/shrinkage?

SnarfVader		2012-01-03 12:28:53 PM

What could happen when swimming in a chlorinated pool (new window)

Goban		2012-01-03 12:30:36 PM

So, this is why Non-Swimmers now have a higher birthrate as opposed to Swimmers. Interesting.

SnakeMan		2012-01-03 12:32:44 PM

Witchyman: SnakeMan: 'Splain the headline to us tards here, would ya.

The picture in the article is quite like the cover of Nirvana's album 'Nevermind'

Sure, except for the dollar bill on a fish hook and the visible wang, they're very similar.

Witchyman		2012-01-03 12:33:32 PM

SnakeMan: Witchyman: SnakeMan: 'Splain the headline to us tards here, would ya.

The picture in the article is quite like the cover of Nirvana's album 'Nevermind'

Sure, except for the dollar bill on a fish hook and the visible wang, they're very similar.

Don't shoot the messenger.

EleventyOne		2012-01-03 12:34:44 PM

lennavan: Big Man On Campus: FTA: The study's findings are preliminary, and the researchers plan more tests to rule out other factors such as bath water that may contribute to lowered hormone levels in boys.

So, boys should just stay out of the water entirely?

Yes. Water is actually packed full of a dangerous chemical known as dihydrogen monoxide (DHMO). It has been well documented for thousands of years that DHMO is the direct cause of countless deaths per year and the list of links between DHMO and major diseases is growing every day. Avoidance of DHMO and public pools is the only solution. But it doesn't just stop at death -

FTFA - The lowered hormone levels may contribute to reproductive problems such as reduced sperm

Reduced sperm levels in boys aged 7-18. This is an enormous problem, reduced sperm production IN OUR CHILDREN. Thank god for the follow-up research going on:

FTFA - The study's findings are preliminary, and the researchers plan more tests to rule out other factors such as bath water that may contribute to lowered hormone levels in boys.

This finding will be incredibly important. We need to know the exact cause of this. We need to know what is causing a 20% reduction in testosterone IN OUR CHILDREN. What does this 20% reduction result in? A (maybe) reduced sperm count IN OUR CHILDREN! Anything else? Who knows but did I mention it was IN OUR KIDS?

If a 7 year old has a reduced sperm count caused by swimming and he stops swimming, will he be able to reproduce by the time he's 8?! I don't know, nor does the study but this is IN OUR CHILDREN!!!

The point TFA is trying to make is that, in 10 to 20 years there will be an explosion of Blaktino babies born to white mothers and even less civilized white babies than normal, because everyone knows only civilized white people use pools. So if your teenage daughter is passed out at the party and get a train pulled on her the strongest sperm will win.

/amirite?
// sorry I watched Idiocracy this weekend

Killer Cars		2012-01-03 12:44:59 PM

I love the drum intro to "Breed", but there is absolutely nothing else about that album all these years later that interest me. Penis.

Huck And Molly Ziegler		2012-01-03 12:45:32 PM

So ... what they're saying is too much swimming means not enough little swimmers?

That's interesting about scrotum skin absorbing something. Why would it do that? Why not other areas of skin? Does that mean we should start wearing nicotine patches on our balls for better results??

WarszawaScream		2012-01-03 12:47:07 PM

+1, my dear subby.

Little Bunny Foo Foo's Uncle Ernie		2012-01-03 12:48:12 PM

gelatinous mouse ?

kellynoel		2012-01-03 12:50:01 PM

Thorndyke Barnhard: Heh, I see what you did there, subby.

I don't.

SpaceButler		2012-01-03 12:53:16 PM

lennavan: This finding will be incredibly important. We need to know the exact cause of this. We need to know what is causing a 20% reduction in testosterone IN OUR CHILDREN. What does this 20% reduction result in? A (maybe) reduced sperm count IN OUR CHILDREN! Anything else? Who knows but did I mention it was IN OUR KIDS?

I'm no biologist, but isn't an abnormal 20% change in hormone levels at a prepubescent or pubescent age kind of worth being concerned about? And wouldn't the study have had to go on for years to actually check for the kinds of conditions an altered testosterone level could cause or contribute to?

xtragrind		2012-01-03 12:55:39 PM

FTA: There were no significant hormonal changes in boys who swam in outdoor chlorinated pools.

So the exact same chemicals outside have no effect. Either sunlight neutralizes something in chlorine or there is something fishy about this study...