Thanks to Dr. Zell McGee for providing the overview of this study.
“Episodic Air Pollution is Associated with Increased DNA Fragmentation in Human Sperm Without Other Changes in Semen Quality,” was published in Human Reproduction in 2005 by Rubes, J., Selevan, S.G., et al.
Exposure to intermittent air pollution may result in sperm DNA damage and thereby increase the rates of male-mediated infertility, miscarriage, and other adverse reproductive outcomes.
