Khattak S et al. Pregnancy outcome following gestational exposure to organic solvents. There is a higher degree of concern for ovarian toxicity in females, since a woman produces a limited number of ova within a lifetime. In comparison, a normal and healthy male has an unlimited supply of sperm. Lindane, tomoxophan and hexachlor are hormone disruptors that are ovarian toxins.
Smoking is particularily hazardous to the female reproductive tract.
With an increase in a half a package of cigarettes a day, menopause occurs one and a half years earlier. Thus, the fertility of a female is drastically reduced due to the toxins in cigarettes. The same effects were found in the early life stage test for the F2-generation. In an additional experiment, fish were exposed to the same xenobiotic concentrations after reaching maturity. In this case, egg production was reduced.