Pollution and fertility: Potential effects for environmental xeno-oestrogens | Zendy

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Pollution and fertility: Potential effects for environmental xeno-oestrogens

Author(s) -

Bonnie J. Deroo,

Katherine A. Burns,

Wipawee Winuthaya,

Kenneth S. Korach

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

the biochemist

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1740-1194

pISSN - 0954-982X

DOI - 10.1042/bio03102022

Subject(s) - fertility , male fertility , semen quality , environmental pollution , biology , semen , andrology , medicine , environmental science , environmental protection , population , environmental health

Xeno-oestrogens are man-made compounds that have oestrogenic-like activity, and exposure to xeno-oestrogens in critical periods of development and during adulthood may adversely affect both the male and female reproductive systems and fertility. For example, some studies suggest semen quality is declining globally due to xeno-oestrogen exposure, although this remains a controversial issue1.

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