| Document ID (ISN) | 69007 |
| CIS number |
97-914 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1351-0711 - Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
| Year |
1994 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Whorton M.D., et al. |
| Title |
Reproductive effects of sodium borates on male employees: Birth rate assessment |
| Bibliographic information |
Nov. 1994, Vol.51, No.11, p.761-767. 22 ref. |
| Abstract |
The purpose of the study was to investigate potential reproductive effects of sodium borates on occupationally exposed male employees at a large mining and production facility in California (USA). There was a highly significant excess of offspring fathered by the male employees. There was no evidence of a relation between exposure and this excess of offspring, nor were there any temporal differences during the period of observation (>30 years). Conclusion: under the conditions studied, there were no adverse reproductive effects of high borate doses as reported from oral ingestion studies in animals. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
antifertility effects; mining industry; borax; borates |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
questionnaire survey |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | USA |
| Subject(s) |
Mines and quarries
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Inorganic substances
Genetic factors in reaction to exposures
Antifertility and prenatal effects
Mining and quarrying
|
