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Female fertility and environmental pollution
- Source :
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 17, Iss 8802, p 8802 (2020), International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- A realistic picture of our world shows that it is heavily polluted everywhere. Coastal regions and oceans are polluted by farm fertilizer, manure runoff, sewage and industrial discharges, and large isles of waste plastic are floating around, impacting sea life. Terrestrial ecosystems are contaminated by heavy metals and organic chemicals that can be taken up by and accumulate in crop plants, and water tables are heavily contaminated by untreated industrial discharges. As deadly particulates can drift far, poor air quality has become a significant global problem and one that is not exclusive to major industrialized cities. The consequences are a dramatic impairment of our ecosystem and biodiversity and increases in degenerative or man-made diseases. In this respect, it has been demonstrated that environmental pollution impairs fertility in all mammalian species. The worst consequences are observed for females since the number of germ cells present in the ovary is fixed during fetal life, and the cells are not renewable. This means that any pollutant affecting hormonal homeostasis and/or the reproductive apparatus inevitably harms reproductive performance. This decline will have important social and economic consequences that can no longer be overlooked.
- Subjects :
- Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Biodiversity
Sewage
lcsh:Medicine
Environmental pollution
Review
010501 environmental sciences
01 natural sciences
03 medical and health sciences
Environmental protection
Metals, Heavy
Female reproduction
Endocrine disruptors
Heavy metals
Hormones
Ovary
Animals
Humans
Ecosystem
Air quality index
030304 developmental biology
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Mammals
Pollutant
0303 health sciences
business.industry
fungi
lcsh:R
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Manure
Fertility
Environmental science
Environmental Pollutants
Female
Terrestrial ecosystem
business
Infertility, Female
Environmental Monitoring
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 17, Iss 8802, p 8802 (2020), International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....98d5ccb99b66e8c7832d1a1c2eb5f992