Exposure to Toxic Environmental Agents

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Committee on Health Care for Underserved Women American Society for Reproductive Medicine Practice Committee The University of California, San Francisco Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment This Committee Opinion was developed by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Committee on Health Care for Underserved Women and the American Society for Reproductive Medicine Practice Committee with the assistance of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment. The Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment endorses this document. This document reflects emerging clinical and scientific advances as of the date issued and is subject to change. This information should not be construed as dictating an exclusive course of treatment or procedure to be followed. PDF Format ABSTRACT: Reducing exposure to toxic environmental agents is a critical area of intervention for obstetricians, gynecologists, and other reproductive health care professionals. Patient exposure to toxic environmental chemicals and other stressors is ubiquitous, and preconception and prenatal exposure to toxic environmental agents can have a profound and lasting effect on reproductive health across the life course. Prenatal exposure to certain chemicals has been documented to increase the risk of cancer in childhood; adult male exposure to pesticides is linked to altered semen...

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WOMEN'S SAFETY AND HEALTH ISSUES AT WORK

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Over half the children born in the United States are born to working mothers.1 Many NIOSH studies were done to learn whether women may have reproductive health hazards that may be related to their work environment. NIOSH Publications The Effects of Workplace Hazards on Female Reproductive Health DHHS (NIOSH) Pub. No. 99-104 (1999) EnEspañol Related Resources A longitudinal analysis of total workload and women's health after childbirth This study involved employed women who were recruited while hospitalized for childbirth. Results included that the time spent on paid and unpaid work was associated with significantly poorer mental health and increased postpartum symptoms during the first year after childbirth. Earlier age at menopause, work, and tobacco smoke exposure Among women older than 25, earlier age at menopause was found among all smokers and among service and manufacturing industry sector workers. Women (particularly black women) age 25 to 50 had an increased risk of earlier age at menopause with both primary smoking and second-hand smoke (SHS) exposure. Control of SHS exposure in the workplace may decrease the risk of death and illness associated with earlier age at menopause in US women workers. Workplace Safety and Women (Podcast) (Running time: 7:41) This women's health podcast focuses on four important issues for women at work: job stress, work schedules, reproductive health,...

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