Reproductive Epidemiology

Research by George Mason alumna, student, and faculty in the colleges of public health and science highlights compelling evidence that neonicotinoid pesticides, insect killers commonly used in farming, may reduce sperm quality.

Global and Community Health professor chosen to serve five-year term leading epidemiological special interest group

Bloom will be a member of the Reproductive, Perinatal and Pediatric Health Study Section, as part of the Center for Scientific Review. 

Comprehensive systematic review of 25 studies over 25 years reveals consistent evidence of associations between insecticide exposure and lower sperm concentration.