TOXIC chemicals in exhaust fumes and cigarette smoke can bring on the
menopause. Research published this week shows that polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons, or PAHs, trigger the death of egg cells in women’s ovaries.
Tens of thousands of tonnes of these PAHs, which also cause cancer, are
released into the air each year
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“The fact that these chemicals, which are ubiquitous in the environment, have
these effects is worrying,” says David Ozonoff of the Department of
Environmental Health at Boston University in Massachusetts.
Smoking can trigger an early menopause, and researchers have long…
