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Alain LOMBARD: Toxicology and occupational health and safety consultant, Allotoxconsulting
INTRODUCTION
Your employees are exposed to chemical substances whose action can have significant consequences on fertility. It is therefore important to understand the mechanism of action of these substances on organisms.
This fact sheet will help you learn about the impact of xenobiotics on the male and female reproductive system, and deduce the consequences, by answering the following questions:
What is the reproductive system?
What are the different types of disturbance to the reproductive system?
How do chemicals affect the reproductive system?
How do chemicals affect the foetus?
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Reprotoxicity: the effect of chemicals on the reproductive system
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Bernard Jégou, Are men becoming less fertile? La Recherche, p 60, monthly of 05/31/1996
Lauwerys. R., Toxicologie industrielle et intoxications professionnelles , Masson, 5th ed. 2007
Thonneau et al, Risk factors for female and male infertility ; results of case control study , Hum Reprod 7,1, p 55-58, 1992.
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