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Epidemiological Evidence of the Effects
of Environmental Pollution on Male Reproductive
Health in an Electronic Waste-Recycling Town
Han Du1, Mengxi Yu2, Jun Sun1, Gaihuan Song3, Yan Li1
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1Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Medical School of Ningbo University,
Ningbo 315211, Zhejiang, China
2Department of Diagnostic Imaging Center, Affiliated Jilin Hospital of Jilin University, Jilin 132000, China
3Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School of Ningbo University,
Ningbo, Zhejiang 315000, China
Submission date: 2015-03-09
Final revision date: 2016-03-18
Acceptance date: 2016-03-18
Publication date: 2016-07-22
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2016;25(4):1777-1780
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ABSTRACT
In recent years have seen increasing evidence linking occupational and environmental exposure to toxic
pollutants with human male reproductive disorders. The aim of this study was to collect epidemiological
information on male reproductive health to explore the effects of electronic waste (e-waste) environmental
pollution on male genital health in Wenling, one of the world’s biggest e-waste recycling centers. We collected
clinic information from 2001 to 2012 in Wenling covering male reproductive diseases, including prostatitis,
epididymitis, orchitis, urinary tract infections, cystospermitis, impotence, condyloma accuminatum,
syphilis, gonorrhea, varicocele, genital herpes, prostatic carcinoma, etc. The morbidity of male reproductive
diseases in Wenling was higher than in the control area – especially those diseases that could be influenced
by environmental factors. Male reproductive health may be threatened by e-waste pollution in Wenling,
and this could influence local population diathesis.
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The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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