Reproductive Health Topic: Reproductive Health and the Environment

Although the science is still emerging, strong evidence exists for linking environmental exposures to negative health outcomes such as increased infertility, recurrent miscarriage, early puberty in girls, and reproductive tract cancers and diseases such as endometriosis. This collection of resources helps answer questions about how pollutants in our air, water, homes, and general environment are affecting reproductive health.

Clinical Publications & Resources

Fish Consumption to Promote Good Health and Minimize Contaminants
Environmental Exposures, Infertility, and Related Reproductive Disorders: An Update from The Collaborative on Health and the Environment
Environmental Exposures and Women's Health (video) from the Office of Research on Women's Health
BPA-Free and Beyond: Protecting Reproductive Health from Environmental Toxins from the Guttmacher Institute

Patient Resources

Green Is Choice video from Planned Parenthood®
Health Matters fact sheet: The Connection Between Your Health and the Environment
Interview with Rick Smith and Bruce Lourie ("Slow Death by Rubber Duck") from NPR
Healthy Pregnancy Tips from the Washington Toxics Coalition
National Drinking Water Database from the Environmental Working Group

Featured Research

Continuing Education

Environmental Impacts on Reproductive Health: Pesticides, On Demand webinar
Reproductive and Environmental Health Science Training from the Collaborative on Health and the Environment