(19-11-10) Common painkiller drugs lead to male infertility

by Ethan A. Huff, staff writer

(NaturalNews) Phthalates, bisphenol-A (BPA), and other environmental toxins
are now widely known to disrupt proper hormone function in humans, but a new
study has revealed that common painkillers like aspirin and ibuprofen are far
worse. According to scientists from Denmark, Finland, and France, pregnant
women who take painkiller drugs have a significantly higher risk of bearing
baby boys with reproductive problems than pregnant women who do not.

Published in the journal Human Reproduction, the study draws urgent attention
to the serious dangers associated with painkiller drugs. Pregnant women who
take any painkiller drugs during their second trimester double their risk of
having a baby boy with cryptorchidism, a condition in which the boy's testicles
do not properly descend due to inadequate testosterone production. And taking
more than one painkiller drug during the second trimester raises that risk by a
whopping 1,600 percent.

"A single paracetamol tablet [500mg] contains more endocrine disruptor potency
than the combined exposure to the 10 most prevalent of the currently known
environmental endocrine disruptors during the whole pregnancy," explained Dr.
Henrik Leffers, senior scientist at Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen and author of
the study.

"In fact, a single tablet will, for most women, be at least a doubling of the
exposure to the known endocrine disruptors during the pregnancy and that dose
comes on a single day, not spread out over nine months as with the
environmental endocrine disruptors. Thus, for women using mild analgesics
during the pregnancy, the mild analgesics will be by far the largest exposure
to endocrine disruptors."

Taking painkiller drugs is largely considered to have no significant risks
associated with it, so millions of people pop them every time they have an ache
or pain. And use of such painkillers is quite common among pregnant women as
well, with more than 57 percent of Danish mothers admitting in a telephone
survey they used them.

The modern world seems to be a minefield of assault against the male
reproductive system. Even laptop computers are a threat, heating up male
genitalia to temperatures so high that reproductive function becomes impaired
(http://www.naturalnews.com/030326_l...). So it is important to be cautious and
aware of the things you eat and exposure yourself to.

Sources for this story include:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2...

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