Research Progress on Female Reproductive Toxicity of Formaldehyde / 环境与健康杂志

ABSTRACT

With extensive use of decoration materials in the resent years,increasing attention has been paid to the female reproductive toxicity resulted from formaldehyde.The epidemiology studies demonstrate that formaldehyde can cause menstrual disorder,reduction of reproductive ability,low birth weight and so on.The toxicology studies show that formaldehyde may produce toxic effects on the reproductive organs and germ cells.A review of recent epidemiological and toxicological researches was presented in this paper.