Human Health and Endocrine Disrupters

Effects in humans for which links with exposure to endocrine disrupters have been suggested include the following. 

A study of sperm counts conducted worldwide suggested that an annual fall of 0.8% had occurred between 1938 and 1990. Since then, falling sperm count and quality have been reported in a number of countriesand a recent study of 

International Programme on Chemieal Safety, Report of IPCS/OECD Scoping Meeting on Endocrine Disrnpters (EDCs), 16-18 March 1998, Washington, 1998. 

Endoei ine Disruptor Sereening and Testing Advisory Committee, Einal Report, EPA, Washington, 1998. 

While considerable attention is given to the question of male fertility, the incidence of infertility or sub-fertility in the population is difficult to measure and it is not known to what extent measures of semen quality, for example, are indicators of male fertility as such. 

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