The gas has been linked to genetic and reproductive damage and is a suspected cause of cancer.

Prior animal studies have shown ingestion of melamine may lead to kidney stones, cancer or reproductive damage.

Chronic exposure may cause cancer or reproductive damage.

Ingestion of melamine may lead to reproductive damage, or bladder or kidney stones, which can lead to bladder cancer.

The measure includes these major elements: * All pesticides judged by the state to cause cancer or reproductive damage are phased out in foods by 1996.

Patients undergoing serious radiation, chemotherapy, or surgery sometimes experience symptoms resembling menopause (in women) or andropause (in men), which indicate reproductive damage.

However, the WHO thinks that phthalates may cause reproductive damage and hormonal disturbances, mainly amongst young children who are exposed to large amounts of phthalates.

Mercuric cyanide has not been tested on its ability to cause reproductive damage.

Johnson maintains that men are less vulnerable than women to reproductive damage.

It can cause neurological, genetic and reproductive damage as well as cancer at high enough doses.