Dirty air increases infertility

LONDON - Exposure to air pollution significantly increases the risk of infertility, a major study has found.

Analysis of 18,000 couples in China found that those living with moderately higher levels of small-particle pollution had a 20% greater risk of infertility.

Qin Li, from the Centre for Reproductive Medicine at Peking University Third Hospital, told The Guardian that “numerous studies have noted that air pollution is associated with lots of adverse pregnancy events”.

 

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