21. Over a long period, thallium poisoning can cause hair loss, convulsions, heart and kidney ailments, and reproductive problems in men. 22. Reproductive problems would include such things as infertility, spontaneous abortion, congenital defects, stillbirths and infant death. 23. Schecter said he would recommend a series of small-scale studies focusing on ways of measuring exposure and on links to cancer and reproductive problems. 24. Shields told jurors that PCBs contamination damages the liver and can lead to cancer, reproductive problems, developmental difficulties in children, heart disease and other problems. 25. The most frequent complaints are liver and kidney ailments, as well as reproductive problems among women and development of female-like breasts by male athletes. 26. They say some can cause reproductive problems, neurological problems, kidney and liver damage and cancer. 27. Vietnamese families seem cursed with reproductive problems. 28. Years later, radium patients have complained of tumors, thyroid and immune disorders, brittle teeth and reproductive problems. 29. Researchers found no indication of diagnoses clustered around any organ system or around any particular kind of illness and no evidence of increased reproductive problems for Gulf War families. |