"Generally speaking, the world is a scary place right now. If it’s not the ongoing pandemic, then it’s the existential threat of nuclear war; mass surveillance, data harvesting, and the looming fear of technocracy. Online, big-picture warnings of imminent climate catastrophe are juxtaposed with headlines that penis sizes are shrinking and sperm counts are plummeting. Mercury is in anti-ageing creams, toxic chemicals lurk in our food, and microplastics are in our blood. Although this century has brought on plenty of invaluable scientific breakthroughs, recent news headlines can‘t help but make me question: is modernity making us sick?"