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Article: Fetal exposure to two chemicals can cause later male reproductive disorders.
- Article from:
- OBGYN & Reproduction Week
- Article date:
- August 11, 2003
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2003 AUG 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Over the last 10 years, U.S. researchers have observed a marked increase in some male reproductive disorders, including undescended testicles, increased instances of testicular cancer, and decreased sperm count. In the last 20 years the rates for testicular cancer have grown almost five-fold in Denmark, yet neighboring Finland has not experienced such a dramatic increase.
In an effort to explain this phenomenon, scientists have hypothesized that these human male reproductive deficits may have a common origin: a disturbance in the level of androgen and other critical hormones during fetal development. Results from tests ...