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Future generations to face rising infertility rates
We've been talking about this for years--chemical exposures do add up and can have adverse health effects, including chronic diseases and infertility. A new study, published in the British Medical Journal proves that point one more time. According to the study, infertility will become even more common with future generations and can affect as much as 15 per cent of couples in affluent countries.
Jens Bonde, from Aarhus University Hospital in Denmark, and Jørn Olson, from the University of California predicted that infertility might be come much more prevalent in the coming years because of combination of medical, environmental and social factors affecting fertility. It is hard to determine to what extent each is responsible for the problem, since the more studies are needed on the topic.
Currently, numerous studies show that about five to ten percent of American couples are infertile; up to half of all pregnancies end in miscarriage; three to five percent of babies are born with birth defects. The first step that ones should take would be to deal with avoidable causes.
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