How do environmental factors affect fertility?
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A growing body of evidence suggests that environmental factors play an important role in the causes of male infertility. Our environment is contaminated by natural and synthetic chemicals, which could interact with the endocrine system, resulting in the reduction of human fertility.
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Certain industrial chemicals, environmental pollutants and radiation are known to contribute to or cause infertility. Lead poisoning, for example, has long been associated with infertility in both men and women. Some of the social factors that can influence fertility rates are race, level of education, religion, use of contraceptive methods, abortion, the impact of immigration, children as a source of labour (on family farms), children as support for couples at older ages, costs of raising children, female labour force.