DATE: March 5, 2014
FROM: US National Institute of Health
TITLE: High plasticizer levels in males linked to delayed pregnancy for female partners
ISSUE: Women whose male partners have high concentrations of three common forms of phthalates, chemicals found in a wide range of consumer products, take longer to become pregnant than women in couples in which the male does not have high concentrations of the chemicals, according to researchers at the National Institutes of Health and other institutions.
- National Institute of Health: High plasticizer levels in males linked to delayed pregnancy for female partners.
- Buck Louis, G. M., Sundaram, R., Schisterman, E. F., Sweeney, A. M., Lynch, C. D., Gore-Langton, R. E., Maisog, J., Kim, S., Chen, Z., & Barr, D. B. (2013). Persistent environmental pollutants and couple fecundity, The LIFE Study. Environmental Health Perspectives, 121, 231-236.