Alligators in a Florida swamp are having trouble reproducing: will pollution ruin your chance of having a baby?

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A 1980 chemical leak from a factory into Florida's Lake Apopka has affected the genitals of the alligators that live there. Females do not produce viable eggs, and males have shrunken testicles. There are chemicals that can affect reproduction in humans too. Implications for humans are discussed.

Physiological aspects, Environmental aspects, Estrogen, Estrogens

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Meet the new boss

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Samar hopes she can exercise some power in the fragile coalition government promoting women's issues. She stresses that Afghan women may not want liberation on the western model, desiring not the destruction of tradition but full inclusion in society.

Column, Political aspects, Interview, Afghanistan, Women politicians, Cabinet officers, Cabinet officials, Samar, Sima

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You don't want a baby now now, but...

Article Abstract:

Factors which affect fertility include promiscuity, too much caffeine, smoking, waiting too long to try to conceive and not treating menstruation problems.

Health aspects, Conception, Conception (Human reproduction)

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