By assessing douching use and urine samples, the researchers found that compared to women who didn't use douches, women who reported douching in the last month had 52 % higher levels of urinary concentrations of a metabolite of DEP. (health.com)
The study did not identify any clear link between urinary concentrations of other phenols and ante - and postnatal growth of boys. (sciencedaily.com)
Women with higher urinary concentrations of a common type of flame retardant had reduced likelihood of clinical pregnancy and live birth than those with lower concentrations, according to researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. (sciencedaily.com)