Untainted environment promotes health, but the last few decades experienced steep
upsurge in environmental contaminants posing detrimental physiological impact. The …

Research into occupational exposure of metals and consequences of reproductive systems
has made imperative scientific offerings in the preceding few decades. Early research works …

Introduction. It has been recognized that environmental pollution can affect the quality of
health of the human population. Heavy metals are among the group of highly emitted …

An evolving body of evidence supports that cadmium, a non-essential heavy metal, may be
associated with multiple adverse women's reproductive health outcomes. Our objective was …

Recent research indicates that the human infertility rate is increasing. Although various
reasons have been hypothesized for the growing infertility rate, environmental contaminants …

While much of the decrease in fertility worldwide is by choice, an increasing number of
couples, especially in industrialized countries, are finding conception more difficult and …

Abstract Background Cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), and mercury (Hg) have been shown to
exhibit endocrine disrupting properties. Their effects on women's reproductive health …

Background: Metals can interfere with hormonal functioning by binding at the receptor site
and through indirect mechanisms; thus, they may be associated with hormonal changes in …

Background Animal studies have shown the reproductive toxicity of a number of heavy
metals. Very few human observational studies have analyzed the relationship between male …

Many metal ions (lead, mercury, arsenic, cadmium, chromium, nickel, vanadium, copper,
lithium) exert a wide variety of adverse effects on reproduction and development, including …