Geographical association of heavy metal exposure and semen quality: A national multi-center study
Our study provides new evidence from the perspective of GD, indicating that geographic mercury exposure is the primary driving factor behind the decline in semen quality. Additionally, mixed exposure exacerbates the adverse effects of heavy metals on semen quality.
Authors
- Yichao Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1186-1300)
- Lei Ge (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-3152-6440)
- Feng Jiang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0351-3210)
- Xinzong Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9641-8492)
- Zhipeng Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5685-410X)
- Mao Xiaohong
- Jigao Yang
- Feifei Fu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-3033-7162)
- Yushan Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8359-6337)
- Zhiwei Fang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8047-1763)
- Jianfeng Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5766-7864)
- Xiaojun Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6191-7582)
- Zhou Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9639-052X)
- X. T. He (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7033-7640)
- Hang Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7493-6528)
- Yong Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7468-8798)
- Zuowen Liang
- Yunxia Cao
- Qunshan Shen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3237-0829)
- Zhiwen Tao
- Xiaoqing Ni
- Dongyue Chai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4649-9970)
- Qing Tan
- Guihua Gong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4248-2557)
- Can Sun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1122-8049)
- Peiyu Liang
Institutions
- Anhui Medical University (CN)
- Wuhan University (CN)
- Northwest Women's and Children's Hospital (CN)
- State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying Mapping and Remote Sensing (CN)
- First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University (CN)
- Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital of Fudan University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
- Published
- 2025-08-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2025.118926
- Primary Topic
- Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00