Thursday, October 30, 2014

Prenatal Exposure to Phthalate Linked With Shorter Anogenital Distance

Researchers studying the effects of prenatal exposure to the phthalate DiNP have found that it was linked with shorter anogenital distance (AGD) in Swedish boys at the age of 21 months, raising concerns as shorter AGD has been linked with male genital birth defects and impaired reproductive function in adult males even as the levels of DiNP metabolites in humans are on the rise globally. BackgroundPhthalates are used as plasticizers in soft polyvinyl chloride ...

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