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Impact of Arsenic on Reproductive Health

In: Environmental Health

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  • Sweety Nath Barbhuiya
  • Dharmeswar Barhoi
  • Sarbani Giri

Abstract

Arsenic is ubiquitously present in the earth's crust. Population across the world gets exposed to arsenic mainly through drinking water, responsible for causing diseases like hypertension, skin pigmentation, skin lesion, cardiovascular diseases, and even cancer. However, arsenic also disturbs the male and female hormone balance in the body, thus, interfering with the process of spermatogenesis and oogenesis. This eventually leads to infertility in the reproductive system irrespective of gender. Cohort studies have revealed that when pregnant women get exposed to arsenic-contaminated water; it leads to abortion, preterm birth, and stillbirth. Thus, arsenic contamination from any source has a devastating effect on the life of organisms and also on the environment.

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  • Sweety Nath Barbhuiya & Dharmeswar Barhoi & Sarbani Giri, 2021. "Impact of Arsenic on Reproductive Health," Chapters, in: Takemi Otsuki (ed.), Environmental Health, IntechOpen.
    • Handle: RePEc:ito:pchaps:232280
    DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.101141
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    Keywords

    arsenic; stillbirth; groundwater; testosterone; estrogen; endocrine disruptor;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q51 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Valuation of Environmental Effects

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