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Common Flame Retardant Chemicals May Reduce Likelihood of Clinical Pregnancy, Live Birth Among Women Undergoing Fertility Treatments

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Boston, MA –(ENEWSPF)–August 28, 2017.  Women with higher urinary concentrations of a common type of flame retardant had reduced likelihood of clinical pregnancy and live birth than those with lower concentrations, according to researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The study, conducted in the Fertility Clinic at Massachusetts General Hospital, is the first to examine associations between organophosphate flame retardants (PFRs)—which are used in polyurethane foam in many products, including…

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