The Effects of Workplace Hazards on Male Reproductive Health

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  This pamphlet discussed male reproductive hazards which occur in the workplace. Reproductive hazards were defined as substances which have an effect on the ability to produce healthy children. These included radiation, various chemicals, drugs, cigarettes, and heat. At the workplace several substances have been identified as hazardous to the reproductive system including lead (7439921). Workers can be exposed through inhalation, skin contact, or ingestion. Those substances which affect a man at work may also indirectly cause harm to their families as they may be brought home on the worker's clothing. In addition to lead, the following substances have also been shown to affect reproductive functions of male workers: dibromochloropropane (96128), carbaryl (63252), toluenediamine (25376458), and dinitrotoluene (25321146), ethylene- dibromide (106934), styrene (100425), acetone (67641), ethylene- glycol-monoethyl-ether (110805), welding, perchloroethylene (127184), mercury (7439976) vapor, heat, military radar, kepone (143500), bromine (7726956), radiation, carbon-disulfide (75150), and 2,4-dichlorophenoxy-acetic-acid (94757). Specific effects on sperm were discussed, including the number, shape and transfer of sperm. Changes in sexual performance may also occur and the effect of a damaged sperm on an egg was noted. Suggestions were offered for assisting the male worker in preventing exposures which may prove to be harmful. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Hazardous Substances Insecticides Lead Male Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Pesticides Reproduction Safety Spermatogenesis Teratogens Testes Urogenital Diseases Urogenital System Welding Workplace

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• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; Reproductive-hazards; Humans; Reproductive-system-disorders; Spermatogenesis; Testes; Lead-poisoning; Pesticides; Welding; Occupational-medicine
• Source:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 96-132, 1996 Jan; :1-13
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Pamphlet or Booklet
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DBBS - Division of Biomedical and Behavioral Sciences ; DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies ; EID - Education and Information Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  16 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00234328
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB97-134274
• CAS Registry Number:
  (2,4-Dichlorophenoxy)acetic acid (CAS RN 94-75-7) ; 1,2-Dibromo-3-chloropropane (CAS RN 96-12-8) ; 1,2-Dibromoethane (CAS RN 106-93-4) ; Acetone (CAS RN 67-64-1) ; ar-Methylbenzenediamine (CAS RN 25376-45-8) ; Bromine (CAS RN 7726-95-6) ; Carbaryl (CAS RN 63-25-2) ; Carbon disulfide (CAS RN 75-15-0) ; Chlordecone (CAS RN 143-50-0) ; Dinitrotoluene (CAS RN 25321-14-6) ; Glycol monoethyl ether (CAS RN 110-80-5) ; Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1) ; Mercury (CAS RN 7439-97-6) ; Styrene (CAS RN 100-42-5) ; Tetrachloroethylene (CAS RN 127-18-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1996
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e68e46e0ac3319749f506b91eb14e026c8f43ec711b34e8d9363390a60e963a3f97a31d47351e53f127328ffdbd329ad2d43bbb8b520cd8660e7e5d65ad2ef26
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/21443/cdc_21443_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.74 MB ]