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The chemicals found in common household products like furniture and drapes could be reducing a woman's fertility.
Women who have high levels of the flame-retardant chemicals in their blood had a harder time getting pregnant than women with low levels of the chemicals, according to a study by UC Berkeley researchers.
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The researchers found that women with high levels of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) were between 30% and 50% less likely to conceive every month than women with low levels.
In 2005, the Environmental Protection Agency banned two of the three mixtures of PBDE that were created to be used commercially as flame retardants. In 2013, the third type will be phased out, reported the San Francisco Chronicle.
