Chemicals: Impact on Reproduction?

“In recent decades, many studies (highlighted) an increase in the prevalence of disorders of human reproduction in many Western countries,” said National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM). Indeed, several countries reported a decline of sperm in the human population.

Another indication of weight, this time in France, the incidence of testicular cancer has increased annual average of 2.5% between 1980 and 2005. “This increase can be explained either by an aging population, nor by changes in screening practices,” say the authors of expertise. There is another cause for this …

“The impact of the environment on the temporal evolution raises many debates. Exposure to chemicals, particularly endocrine disrupters is currently at the heart of these debates. “

The scientific evidence on the toxicity of these products accumulate in animals. But as the experts said, epidemiological studies on the relationship between exposure to five chemical families involved, and reproductive disorders in humans are still too few. “It is necessary to expand the research effort nationally and internationally, to remove uncertainty.”