Can Vitamin C Save Fish Sperm from Pollution?

Pollution is a big problem. It messes with our health and the health of animals. One pollutant, potassium perchlorate, is used a lot in industries and the military. It's known to mess with thyroid function. But what about its effect on male reproductive health? Not much is known. Scientists decided to study this. They used medaka fish as their test subjects. They exposed the fish to different amounts of potassium perchlorate for 21 days. They also gave some fish vitamin C to see if it could help. The results were clear. Potassium perchlorate messed with the fish's sperm production. It made their sperm tubes messy and changed the way their sperm genes worked. The fish also had a harder time fertilizing eggs. But vitamin C seemed to help. It made the sperm tubes look normal again. It also helped the fish fertilize more eggs. It even fixed some of the gene changes caused by the pollutant. This study shows that vitamin C can protect fish sperm from pollution. But it's not just about fish. It's about us too. We need to find ways to protect our reproductive health from these pollutants.