The day - substances in cosmetics affect female fertility, Mexican alert

Zacatecas, Zac.The constant exposure to chemical compounds in the form of nanoparticles, contained in novel cosmetic, food, as well as products related to health and for personal care is linked to fertility problems in women, so it is important that the government regulates itsImport, since its commercialization is carried out on many occasions without the truthful and complete information in the labeling.

In an interview, Mexican scientist Ramses Santacruz Márquez, graduated from the Autonomous University of Zacatecas and Cinvestav, said the above.He currently studies on the harmful effects of nanoparticles on fertility of women and other chemical compounds such as phthalates and bisphenol (BPA), in the Department of Biocompartment Sciences of the University of Illinois.

Santacruz Márquez did his first studies on the toxicology of the BPA "evaluating how exposure to this compound can affect reproductive functions, particularly on female germ cells, the ovule or oocyte", in laboratory mice.

Then he developed a project to see how certain nanoparticles can affect the reproductive functions of women, particular.

These are novel studies, because although the nanoparticles have been used in certain products of the industrial field, there are currently other daily use, particularly to make cosmetics such as sunscreens, “and even food, and the most worrying thing is that on their labelmanufacturing, it is not necessarily specified what they contain.

"Therefore, its use is relatively new.There are not many toxicity studies.In the end, these studies are very important, because they help to understand and regulate their use."It is necessary for governments to advocate regulating their commercialization and application," making their regulation a little more strict, in order to identify their compounds in the labeling ".

Santacruz Márquez says he is satisfied with the postdoctoral work and the conditions in which he develops in the Urban-Champaign unit of the University of Illinois, Chicago, although he admits that “if at any time I can return to Mexico, if I find any good opportunity forWork and continue doing more research, I would do it ".

On which he works, he points out that it is relevant and social impact "because infertility problems have been growing, in parallel to the increase in the consumption of different products, which, they have been associated, they are associated".

He hopes that one day in Mexico this type of research “helps regulate the use of different compounds that can affect the population.

“It has been seen that phthalates are associated with conditions or alterations at the reproductive level.I would recommend reviewing in cosmetics what ingredients they contain and start seeing and understanding.“The government would have the task of reducing or limiting, but that the use of phthalates in these cosmetic products is done in concentrations or ranges that are known with scientific certainty, which will not have adverse effects."

Incluso, reveló, éstas sustancias no sólo afectan el sistema reproductivo, pues “hay efectos en diferentes funciones en el sistema inmune, el cardiovascular y el respiratorio".The most serious, he said, is that these products “can also affect multi and generational trans manner.That is, maybe the mother was exposed and the harmful effects also appear in the daughter or even the granddaughter, as has been proven in the laboratories where he works, with studies carried out in animals.