London (Pakistan News online) Scientists have discovered a major potential cause of the rise in cases of Infertility in male which is air pollution, a medical study has revealed.
According to geo news, a study published in the British Medical Journal reported that being under the influence of small particles of air pollution increases the risk of male infertility. Similarly, traffic noise increases the risk of infertility in women over 35 years of age.
The study examined data from 526,000 men and more than 377,000 women between the ages of 30 and 45. Most of them wanted to become parents while the risk of infertility was also significantly higher. Data on average rates of air pollution particles and traffic noise from 1995 to 2017 were also obtained and it was observed that how many people in the study were diagnosed with infertility?
During this period, 16,172 men and 22,672 women were diagnosed with infertility. After taking into account several factors, including income, education level and occupation, it was found that exposure to high levels of air pollution particles for 5 years increased the risk of 30 The risk of infertility increases to 24% in men over the age of 45.
However, these particles do not increase the risk of infertility in women, but the average traffic noise of 10.2 decibels increases the risk of infertility in women over 35 years of age by 14% during the next 5 years. Traffic noise does not increase the risk of infertility in older women, while there are no significant negative effects of noise on male reproductive health, report suggests further.
According to the researchers, this is an observational study so it is not possible to determine the exact cause and more research is needed to confirm them. But they said that the data of millions of people were examined for the research, Different models were used to analyze air pollution and traffic noise.
If the results are confirmed by future research reports, we can improve the birth rate worldwide by controlling problems like air pollution and traffic noise.