Environmental factors and infertility
The etiological importance of environmental factors in infertility has been stressed [26].Toxins such as glues,
volatile organic solvents or silicones, physical agents, chemical dusts, and pesticides are implicated in infertility
. Other potentially harmful occupational environmental exposures such as chlorinated hydrocarbons and
fumicides have also been discovered to be associated with the increased link of spontaneous miscarriage in women
. Hence individuals having direct contact with or exposure to such chemicals have high chances of having
primary or secondary infertility as the case may be. Estrogen-like hormone-disrupting chemicals such as phthalates
are of particular concern for effects on babies of women..