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Flame Retardants Linked To Lower Fertility Rates In Women

Dr. Laura Londra MD, FACOG comments on recent news…..

“Study from Harvard showed that women with higher concentrations of flame retardants residues in their urine had lower chances of having a baby. Environmental toxins are hard to avoid, when you might be sitting on a sofa fully coated with flame retardants (although unlikely if made after 2013!). These substances are also called hormone disruptors and although the industry has been progressively removing them from furniture and other daily use objects, it is still worth trying to avoid them…”

Common flame retardant chemicals may reduce likelihood of clinical pregnancy, live birth among women undergoing fertility treatments