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flying_wahini

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April 16, 2018

Taking Tylenol or ibuprofen can cause sterility in your granchchildren!

[link:https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/04/16/taking-paracetamol-pregnancy-may-make-grandchildren-infertile/|

The study found that the medication made marks on the DNA, with permanent consequences.

Ovaries exposed to paracetamol for one week had more than 40 per cent fewer egg-producing cells. After ibuprofen exposure, the number of cells was almost halved.
And testicular tissue exposed to painkillers in a culture dish had around a quarter fewer sperm-producing cells after exposure to paracetamol or ibuprofen.

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