Study finds detergents and pesticides linked to genital defects in baby boys
Pregnant women regularly exposed to a range of detergents, solvents and pesticides have a substantially greater risk of giving birth to boys with genital deformities. Women who regularly work with such chemicals, including cleaners and hairdressers, were at greatest risk of giving birth to sons suffering from hypospadias.
A study showed that regular professional or domestic exposure to chemicals and more generally being in contact with them seriously raises the risk of genital deformity. Boys were three times more likely to be born with hypospadias if they had been exposed to chemicals that interfered with their endocrine systems in the womb at the moment when the sex of the fetus is determined. Mothers working as cleaners or housekeepers, hairdressers, beauticians and laboratory workers are particularly at risk. For the father, being a farmer, lab worker, cleaner, mechanic or painter was found to bring a greater chance of the son having the defect. As well, living within 3 km of an incinerator or landfill brings a greater risk of having a son with hypospadias. pesticides pesticides pesticides pesticides Go Green Pest Control Randy Bilesky Delta Pest Control Tsawwassen Pest Control Ladner Pest Control