In an article about major gaffs in reporting in 2007, TIME Magazine came up with a whopper when it said that inhaling phthalates from air fresheners could decrease sperm levels in infants.
There's one big problem: boys don't produce sperm until puberty.
The article did point out that "[r]educed sperm levels have been found in (where else?) Chinese vinyl workers, who happen to be exposed to massive levels of phthalates – but, crucially, there is no evidence, as yet, that they have suffered fertility problems as a consequence."
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