International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics opinion on reproductive health impacts of exposure to toxic environmental chemicals

International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics - Tập 131 - Trang 219-225 - 2015
Gian Carlo Di Renzo1, Jeanne A. Conry2, Jennifer Blake3, Mark S. DeFrancesco2, Nathaniel DeNicola2, James N. Martin2, Kelly A. McCue2, David Richmond4, Abid Shah4, Patrice Sutton5, Tracey J. Woodruff5, Sheryl Ziemin van der Poel6, Linda C. Giudice7
1International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics, London, UK
2American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Washington, DC. USA
3Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
4Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London, UK
5Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
6World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
7American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Birmingham, AL, USA

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AbstractExposure to toxic environmental chemicals during pregnancy and breastfeeding is ubiquitous and is a threat to healthy human reproduction. There are tens of thousands of chemicals in global commerce, and even small exposures to toxic chemicals during pregnancy can trigger adverse health consequences. Exposure to toxic environmental chemicals and related health outcomes are inequitably distributed within and between countries; universally, the consequences of exposure are disproportionately borne by people with low incomes. Discrimination, other social factors, economic factors, and occupation impact risk of exposure and harm. Documented links between prenatal exposure to environmental chemicals and adverse health outcomes span the life course and include impacts on fertility and pregnancy, neurodevelopment, and cancer. The global health and economic burden related to toxic environmental chemicals is in excess of millions of deaths and billions of dollars every year. On the basis of accumulating robust evidence of exposures and adverse health impacts related to toxic environmental chemicals, the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) joins other leading reproductive health professional societies in calling for timely action to prevent harm. FIGO recommends that reproductive and other health professionals advocate for policies to prevent exposure to toxic environmental chemicals, work to ensure a healthy food system for all, make environmental health part of health care, and champion environmental justice.

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