Friday, October 29, 2010
High BPA Exposure Among Chinese Factory Workers Linked to Low Sperm Counts
The Huffington Post: High BPA Exposure Linked to Low Sperm Count, by Lindsey Tanner:
Chinese factory workers exposed to high levels of the plastics chemical BPA had low sperm counts, according to the first human study to tie it to poor semen quality.
The study is the latest to raise health questions about bisphenol-A and comes two weeks after Canada published a final order adding the chemical to its list of toxic substances.
Whether the relatively low sperm counts and other signs of poor semen quality translate to reduced fertility is not known. Study author Dr. De-Kun Li, a scientist at the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research in Oakland, Calif., noted that even men with extremely low sperm counts can father children.
https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/reproductive_rights/2010/10/chinese-factory-workers-introduced-to-high-levels-of-bpa-have-low-sperm-count.html