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Environmental Impacts on Reproductive Health and Fertility Tracey J Woodruff, Sarah J Janssen, Louis J Guillette Jr, Linda C Giudice (eds). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2010. ISBN-13: 978-0-52151-952-6. Price: £70.00. Pages: 262 (hardback)

Environmental reproductive health is a relatively unexplored field that considers the impact of environmental factors on fertility and developmental well-being. The book focuses primarily on exposures to environmental contaminants and examines their potential effects on all aspects of reproductive health from conception through to adult health.

This is undoubtedly topical at a time of increasing concern about sustainability and the interrelationship between mankind and our global system. The authors cite worrying trends in …

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