Environmental factors and infertility
The etiological importance of environmental factors in infertility has been stressed.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..