Infertility and chemicals I
- Pesticides on fruit and veg ‘are wrecking men’s fertility’
by Fiona Macrae, Feb 23, 2011, Mail Online, www.dailymail.co.uk
30 crop chemicals found to interfere with testosterone. European Commission-funded study from the University of London’s School of Pharmacy - Study: Orton F, Rosivatz E, Scholze M, Kortenkamp A, 2011 Widely Used Pesticides with Previously Unknown Endocrine Activity Revealed as in Vitro Anti-Androgens. Environ Health Perspect doi:10.1289/ehp.1002895
At: Environmental Health Perspectives: http://ehp03.niehs.nih.gov
- CHEM Trust is a campaign organization mentioned in the above article: http://www.chemtrust.org.uk Their home page has links to official sites on endocrine disrupting chemicals.
On another related subject, BPA:
The concerns about Bisphenol A (BPA) and recommendations for action“BPA has endocrine disrupting properties, which means it is able to alter or derail the chemical messenger system of the body. The potential health effects to which BPA has been suggested to contribute include the following: breast cancer, prostate cancer, endometriosis, heart disease, obesity, diabetes, altered immune system and effects on brain development and behaviour”