Study links in utero ‘forever chemical’ exposure to low sperm count and mobility

By Tom Perkins | The Guardian | October 5, 2022

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“A new peer-reviewed Danish study finds that a mother’s exposure to toxic PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ during early pregnancy can lead to lower sperm count and quality later in her child’s life.

PFAS – per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances – are known to disrupt hormones and fetal development, and future ‘reproductive capacity’ is largely defined as testicles develop in utero during the first trimester of a pregnancy, said study co-author Sandra Søgaard Tøttenborg of the Copenhagen University hospital.

‘It makes sense that exposure to substances that mimic and interfere with the hormones involved in this delicate process can have consequences for semen quality later in life,’ Søgaard Tøttenborg said."

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