References
Superman and the Martians
Life on earth means exposure to chemicals and living in a chemical soup
Analysing the subject
Chemicals Health Monitor, www.chemicalshealthmonitor.org (Human Biomonitoring)
DDT
Maternal-child exposure via the placenta to environmental chemical substances" María José López Espinosa, from the Department of Radiology and Physical Medicine of the University of Granada (Universidad de Granada [http://www.ugr.es], May 15, 2007.
http://prensa.ugr.es/prensa/research/verNota/prensa.php?nota=377
http://www.epha.org/a/2524?var_recherche=DDT
PDBE
Lorber, Matthew. Exposure of Americans to polybrominated diphenyl ethers. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology (2007), 1–18. http://www.nature.com/jes/journal/v18/n1/abs/7500572a.html
Betts, K S, Unwelcome Guest: PBDEs in Indoor Dust, Environmental Health Perspectives, Volume 116, Number 5, May 2008
http://www.ehponline.org/members/2008/116-5/focus.html
DEHP
European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) identifies DEHP as a CMR (Carcinogenic, Mutagenic and Reprotoxic) and a recent Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) evaluation has classified it as toxic to human reproduction. DEHP is included in the “Candidate List” for the European Union authorisation process. The supporting document is available at http://echa.europa.eu/chem_data/candidate_list_table_en.asp
PCBs
WWF Detox fact sheet, Chain of Contamination: The Food Link (includes full scientific references)
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBS)
http://assets.panda.org/downloads/fact_sheet___pcbs_food.pdf
70 non-natural substances
WWF Generation X report, European Family Biomonitoring Survey, available at http://assets.panda.org/downloads/generationsx.pdf
Low sperm count
Chemicals Health Monitor
http://www.chemicalshealthmonitor.org
(Infertility section has references in footnotes)
“Semen quality in relation to biomarkers of pesticides exposure” Swan et al, Environmental Health Perspectives 111: 1478-1484 (2003)
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1241650
Carlsen.E et Al. 1992. Evidence for decreasing quality of semen during the past 50 years. Brit.Med.J., 306 : 509-513.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1393072
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