Everyday chemicals ‘cause infertility, cancer and birth defects’

THE world’s top scientists appealed yesterday for new regulations on everyday chemicals which they say are making 15% of European couples infertile.

They claim they regulations are also causing a quarter of the population to suffer allergies and have tripled birth defects in the past 20 years.

Professor Dominique Belpomme, representing 500 scientists, warned: “Chemical pollution represents a serious threat to children and to man’s survival”.