Infertility is a disease characterized by the failure to establish a clinical pregnancy after 12
months of regular and unprotected sexual intercourse. It is estimated to affect between 8 and …

In the last decade or so, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) garnered renewed attention in
the scientific community due to new evidence pointing at their continued presence in the …

Abstract The Endocrine Society's first Scientific Statement in 2009 provided a wake-up call to
the scientific community about how environmental endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) …

Environmental exposures, psychosocial stressors and nutrition are all potentially important
influences that may impact health outcomes directly or via interactions with the genome or …

It is becoming increasingly difficult to avoid exposure to man-made endocrine disrupting
chemicals (EDCs) and environmental toxicants. This escalating yet constant exposure is …

There is growing interest in the possible health threat posed by endocrine-disrupting
chemicals (EDCs), which are substances in our environment, food, and consumer products …

The incidence and/or prevalence of health problems associated with endocrine‐disruption
have increased. Many chemicals have endocrine‐disrupting properties, including bisphenol …

Male reproductive health has declined as indicated by increasing rates of cryptorchidism, ie,
undescended testis, poor semen quality, low serum testosterone level, and testicular cancer …

Sex-specific differentiation, development, and function of the reproductive system are largely
dependent on steroid hormones. For this reason, developmental exposure to estrogenic and …

Although semen quality is an important determinant of fertility, defining clear thresholds for
normal ranges has proven difficult. According to'time to pregnancy'studies, fecundity starts to …