Exposure to phthalates during development can also cause malformations of the male reproductive tract and testicular cancer.
Phthalates are known to interfere with the production of male reproductive hormones in animals and likely to have similar effects in humans.
Host Russell Brand set the mood with an opening monologue that included no less than four jokes about the male reproductive organ.
They reckoned the reason men discount more steeply has to do with the male reproductive imperative: score often, score early and, above all, score when you can.
The procedures are being carried out by consultant urological surgeon Mr Ghulam Nabi who specialises in keyhole surgery for diseases of the male and female urinary tract and the male reproductive organs.
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Phthalates have been shown to affect the development of the male reproductive system in lab animals, and a few small studies suggest they may be linked to subtle effects in the reproductive organs of infant boys.
Much like Jones, Dr. Marc Goldstein, surgeon-in-chief of male reproductive medicine and surgery at the Cornell Institute for Reproductive Medicine in New York, saw a 48 percent increase in vasectomy consultations compared with the same time last year.
Ms. Cook speculates that it could be because they did not understand the male's reproductive role, in which case the female body must have seemed miraculous and worthy of respect and worship.
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He is legally male but kept his female reproductive organs and bore children because his wife was infertile.
Standard evolutionary theory says that females should generally be the choosy sex because a female's maximum reproductive output is more limited than a male's.
Only male finches sing, and the song is an important reproductive signal to the females.
Female rats exposed to the hydrocarbon JP8 at the point in pregnancy when their male foetuses were developing gonads had babies with more prostate and kidney abnormalities, and their great-grandchildren had reproductive anomalies, polycystic ovary disease and obesity.
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