High plasticizer levels in males linked to delayed pregnancy for female partners
NIH study of couples implicates three common phthalates in delay
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.
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