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Loma Linda University Health Care - Center for Fertility and In Vitro Fertilization - Factors Affecting Sperm
From Sperm Headquarters: Things That Affect Sperm
Expanded from the General Accounting Office and JOEM 37:922, 1995 listing.
| MATERIALS | PRODUCTS | SPERM EFFECTS | POSSIBLE RESULTS |
| Lead | Pipes, lead paint | Decrease count | Infertility |
| Alcohol | Liquor, beer, wines | Increase abnormal shapes | Impotence |
| Cadmium | Cigarettes | Decrease count | Infertility |
| Chloroprene | Industry chemicals | No data | Impotence, decreased libido |
| DBCP | Pesticide | Decrease count | Infertility |
| Mercury | Thermometers, bad seafood | Decrease count | Libido affected |
| Tobacco smoke | Tobacco | Decrease count, increase abnormal shapes | Infertility |
| Vinyl chloride | Plastics, vinyl | No data | Miscarriage, decreased libido |
| Cocaine | Drugs | Decrease count, decrease motility, increase abnormal shapes | Infertility |
| Marijuana | Drugs | Decrease count, increase abnormal shapes | Infertility |
| Chromium | Welding | Decrease count | Infertility, testicular atrophy |
| Carbaryl | Pesticide | High abnormal shapes | Infertility |
| Ethylene dibromide | Fumigant | Decrease count, motility & viability | Infertility |
| Ethylene glycol ethers | Paints, inks, thinners | Decrease count, high abnormal shapes | Infertility |
| 2,4-D | Farming | Decrease motility, high abnormal shapes | Infertility, testicle atrophy |
| Estrogens | DES, PCB, DDT, phytoestrogens | Decrease count & motility, high abnormal shapes | Infertility |
| Heat 30mins, 43-47C, 12days | Hot weather, sauna, ceramics | Decrease count | Infertility |
| Microwaves-high frequency | Electronics | Decrease count & motility, high abnormal shapes | Infertility |
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