Chemical cocktail 'risk to boys'

Professor Richard Sharpe, of the Medical Research Council, warns about hormone-disrupting chemicals may disrupt male development in the womb. Chemicals, found in many food, cosmetic and cleaning products, are a real threat to male fertility, says this leading scientist. Professor Richard Sharpe links these hormone-disrupting chemicals to raising rates of birth defects, testicular cancer and falling sperm counts. Campaigners called for action to warn pregnant woman and to inform about this problem. Exposure to a single chemical may not be a threat but the accumulation will effect the male development in the womb. There is evidence that male reproductive health is worsen, with misshapenness of the penis becoming more common.

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