Perfluoroalkyl chemicals and male reproductive health: Do PFOA and PFOS increase risk for male infertility?

Julien Caudeville (1, 2)

1 INERIS - Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques
2 PERITOX - Périnatalité et Risques Toxiques - UMR INERIS_I 1

PFOA and PFOS are synthetic organic chemicals with long half-lives and multiple exposure pathways due to their ubiquity in the environment. This review* of the epidemiological and toxicological literature suggests a wide variety of suspected effects on male fertility.

Domaines: Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]

Julien Caudeville. Perfluoroalkyl chemicals and male reproductive health: Do PFOA and PFOS increase risk for male infertility?. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021, 20 (6), ⟨10.3390/ijerph18073794⟩. ⟨hal-03557778⟩