In an accompanying editorial, Dr Hagai Levine, Visiting Scientist, from Hebrew University - Hadassah, Israel, and Professor Shanna Swan, Professor of Preventive Medicine, who are both at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York (USA), write: «
Despite the relatively small sample size and exposure assessment
limitations, the paper makes a convincing case that
dietary exposure to pesticides can adversely impact semen quality.