News tagged with reproductive toxicology


Highly exposed to phthalates as fetuses, female mice have altered reproductive lives

Female mouse fetuses exposed to very high doses of a common industrial chemical that makes plastics more pliable develop significant reproductive alterations and precancerous lesions as they grow up, according ...

Medical research created Mar 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Elevated mercury, cadmium block in-vitro pregnancy

(Medical Xpress) -- A new University at Albany study finds background exposure to levels of mercury and cadmium commonly found in the environment may significantly interfere with early pregnancy through in-vitro ...

Health created Jul 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Plastic products and jet fuel exposures raising incidences of 'epigenetic transgenerational inheritance'

Washington State University researchers have lengthened their list of environmental toxicants that can negatively affect as many as three generations of an exposed animal's offspring.

Genetics created Jan 24, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast