Women warned not to wear perfume during pregnancy

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> Women warned not to wear perfume during pregnancy

> Published Date: 31 August 2008

> By Kate

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> PREGNANT women have been advised to avoid using perfumes or scented body

> creams after research suggested the products can cause unborn boys to suffer

> infertility or cancer in later life.

> Research on rats carried out by Professor Sharpe has found that the

> reproductive system of male foetuses can be damaged as early as at eight

> weeks' gestation by chemicals including those found in many cosmetics.

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> The damage can result in infertility or testicular cancer - both growing

> medical problems across the world - said Sharpe, principal investigator at the

> Medical Research Council's Human Sciences Unit.

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> Sharpe, who will unveil his findings at a major conference on fertility in

> Edinburgh this week, has discovered a " time window " at 8 to 12 weeks'

> gestation - before some women even know they are pregnant - during which

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> hormones in the foetus are activated and the male reproductive system is

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> " Women could stop using body creams and perfumes. Although we do not have

> conclusive evidence that they do harm, there are components about which there

> are question marks; for example it could be certain combinations of chemicals.

> If you are thinking about how a baby might be exposed, that's one way, and

> it's something positive you can do. It might have no consequence, but it's

> something positive women can do for their baby. "

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> Sharpe will reveal his findings this week at the Simpson Symposium in

> Edinburgh, a gathering of fertility experts organised by Edinburgh University.

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