Shorter Anogenital Distance Predicts Poorer Semen Quality in Young Men - phthalates

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phthalat* AND autism

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Low sperm counts linked to fetal effects. <http://bit.ly/hZmWze>

By Janet Raloff Science News 4 March 2011

Scientists report a correlation between a man's ability to father

children and the distance between his genitals and anus -- a measurement

also associated with elevated concentrations of chemicals known as

phthalates in urine collected from boys' mothers during prenatal visits.

No one knows what triggers the reproductive changes for which AGD serves

as a marker. But in 2005, researchers correlated a diminished AGD in

infant boys with a small penis -- and both appeared linked to elevated

concentrations of phthalates.

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pdf:

Shorter Anogenital Distance Predicts Poorer Semen Quality in Young Men

in Rochester, New York

<http://ehp03.niehs.nih.gov/article/fetchArticle.action?articleURI=info%3Adoi%2F\

10.1289%2Fehp.1103421>

Mendiola, W. Stahlhut, Niels Jørgensen, Fan Liu, Shanna H.

Swan

Environ Health Perspect :-. doi:10.1289/ehp.1103421