PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Haruty, Bella AU - Friedman, Julie AU - Hopp, Stephanie AU - Daniels, Ryane AU - Pregler, Janet TI - Reproductive health and the environment: Counseling patients about risks AID - 10.3949/ccjm.83a.14070 DP - 2016 May 01 TA - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine PG - 367--372 VI - 83 IP - 5 4099 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/83/5/367.short 4100 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/83/5/367.full SO - Cleve Clin J Med2016 May 01; 83 AB - Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are associated with reproductive complications such as infertility, pregnancy complications, poor birth outcomes, and child developmental abnormalities, although not all chemicals of concern are EDCs. Pregnant patients and women of childbearing age need reasonable advice about environmental contaminants and reproductive health.