Chemicals and Infertility

Infertility is very difficult to deal with. The agony and pain of waiting to conceive a baby can put the couple in a very depressing situation. In a recent study, researchers found out that your cookware and cleaning supplies may be one of the causes for a delay to have a baby!

According to the researchers of Human Reproduction, chemicals called perfluorinated compounds, or PFCs for short, might be linked to delays in getting pregnant.

According to one of the authors, Joseph K. McLaughlin, professor of medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, Tenn. "We need to know more about these chemicals because they are long lasting and have had effects in animals."

You can find PFC in your kitchen or almost everywhere. PFC's can be found in shampoos, floor wax, food wrapping, carpet treatments and other cleaning products. Researchers found that for higher levels of PFCs in the blood, the odds of infertility increased from 70 to 134 percent for one kind of PFC called PFOS, while another PFC called PFOA was linked to a 60 to 154 percent increase in the chance of infertility.

Although the use of PFC isn't banned yet, it is important that we take extra precaution. Try to avoid using Teflon frying pans, and avoid using scotch guard that contains the compounds. As a precaution should think twice when using plastic to store food.


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