Journal
POLISH JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Volume 25, Issue 4, Pages 1777-1780Publisher
HARD
DOI: 10.15244/pjoes/62259
Keywords
environmental pollution; e-waste; male reproduction; morbidity
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- Natural Science Foundation of Ningbo [2015A610233]
- science and technology Fumin and Huimin Project of Ningbo [2015C50018]
- K.C. Wong Magna Fund in Ningbo University
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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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