A Romanian study involved 37 women diagnosed with cervical cancer aged 26–76. A US study by Adibi et al. among 283 pregnant women showed that urinary levels of ∑DEHP during pregnancy caused birth after the 41st gestational week or increased the probability of the section . This study reported significantly higher levels of ∑DBP among the women with recurrent miscarriage . In vitro studies showed that DEHP exposure decreased as well as the increased expression of estrogen receptor 200,201. Similarly, in men with benign prostatic hyperplasia, estradiol levels, testosterone and steroidogenic enzymes aromatase, and 5α-reductase were increased . For example, Ha et al. observed that with the increasing dose of DEHP in Sprague-Dawley rats, levels of testosterone, FSH and LH decreased. For instance, Hannon et al. , showed that the exposure to DEHP at 10 µg/mL increased the levels of Cyp19a1, Hsd17b1 and exposure to DEHP at 100 µg/mL decreased levels of those enzymes in cultured mouse antral follicles. The dose of phthalates can also be the source of conflict in results. Phthalate diesters with a side chain length of C4-6, such as DEHP, DBP or BBzP, are able to interfere with reproductive health . Urinary creatinine was included as a covariate to account for differences in urinary dilution. Total testosterone is a measure of all the testosterone in the blood at a given time, whereas FT is testosterone not currently bound to albumin or SHBG. T/E2 ratio was calculated after converting testosterone and estradiol measures to the same units. Resulting FT and BAT estimates were converted from nmol/L to ng/dL for consistency with the total testosterone measure provided by NHANES. Phthalates, like hormones, exert their physiological effects in low doses rather than in high doses. These chemicals interact with each other via different mechanisms, which can lead to synergistic, additive, or antagonistic toxic health effects 68,69. They can alter the development and function of the hormone-dependent structures of the reproductive system . Steroids, but also some peptide hormones and other factors, regulate cell proliferation and apoptosis (see Table 1). These intracellular pathways can mediate steroid hormones action on cell proliferation (cellular multiplication, which leads to the growth of cell population) and of apoptosis (genetically programmed cell death). Moreover, sex steroids induce cell proliferation in the non-reproductive tissue, such as the bladder , precursors of myotubes , or neural stem cells . FSH and LH stimulate the secretion of sex steroids and protein hormones, such as anti-Müllerian hormone and insulin-like peptide 3, as well . Hypothalamic neurons produce neural signals, as well as neurohormones-kisspeptin, leptin, and others in the arcuate nucleus and periventricular region . The development and functions of the reproductive system are under the control of numerous genes. Their widespread application and exposure have raised concerns about human health.