Phthalates And Birth Defects? Doubt Cast On Link Between Environmental Chemicals And Male Urogenital Abnormalities
Friday, June 5, 2009 - 10:35
in Health & Medicine
In recent decades, there have been periodic reports of a worldwide decline in sperm count and quality. Male infertility has ostensibly been on the rise, accompanied by increases in testicular cancer and hypospadias -- a congenital defect in which the opening of the urethra is on the underside, rather than at the end, of the penis. Taken together, these three conditions have been termed testicular dysgenesis syndrome.
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