There's evidence they can cause reproductive defects and lower sperm count in boys. (webmd.com)
Phthalates disrupt hormone levels, cause neurological dysfunction and reproductive defects in lab rats. (crunchydomesticgoddess.com)
We reasoned that if mouse and Drosophila Boule function is conserved, then the specific reproductive defects of the loss - of - function mutations in both species should be more likely to be similar than if they had evolved independently by chance. (journals.plos.org)