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The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists WOMEN’S HEALTH CARE PHYSICIANS Exposure to Toxic Environmental Agents The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Committee on Health Care for Underserved Women American Society for Reproductive Medicine Practice Committee The University of California, San Francisco Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment This document was developed by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Committee on Health Care for Underserved Women and the American Society for Reproductive Medicine Practice Committee with the assistance of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment. The Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment endorses this document. This document reflects emerging clinical and scientific advances as of the date issued and is subject to change. This information should not be construed as dictating an exclusive course of treatment or procedure to be followed. Reducing exposure to toxic environmental agents is a The environmental drivers of reproductive health critical area of intervention for obstetricians, gynecolo- are many and varied. Of critical concern for reproductive gists, and other reproductive health care professionals. health professionals is the ubiquitous patient exposure Patient exposure to toxic environmental chemicals and to manufactured chemicals and metals. In the past 70 other stressors is ubiquitous, and preconception and pre- years, the manufacture and use of industrial chemicals natal exposure to toxic environmental agents can have a