Post Date April, 15 2023
People all know that air pollution has an impact on their health, but they do not know that air pollution can cause male infertility. Why does air pollution cause male infertility?
Scientific research shows that if men are exposed to air pollution for a long time, it will affect the sperm motility of men, and even cause the loss of male fertility. Experiments have shown that if men are exposed to traffic pollution for more than 6 hours for a long time. Although the secretion levels of testosterone and other hormones in his body are not low, the swimming ability of sperm will be low, which affects the ability of sperm to combine with eggs. In addition, nitric oxide and lead in car exhaust are the most likely to damage sperm quality, and heavy metals such as lead, mercury, cadmium, etc. in exhaust are also major enemies of spermatogenesis.
Some men like to open windows for ventilation when stuck in traffic or parked. But what they don't know is that the exhaust emissions from cars will gather in an area 40 to 50 centimeters above the ground. This height means that if a person in the car opens the window, they will inhale high concentrations of exhaust emissions from the vehicle, and opening any window, even the sunroof, will have the same impact on the person in the car.
Although air pollution can cause male infertility, it is best to open the car window for fresh air in some special weather conditions. Especially in some weather conditions where the air is not circulating, such as cloudy and foggy conditions, it is even more necessary to open windows for ventilation.
