infertility

They have been linked to diseases from cancer and respiratory diseases to infertility and yet, they are unavoidable, contaminating everything from air to water to food.

Some online activists have sought to link Bovaer to such claims, pointing to a past approval letter from US regulator the FDA which found that the additive could lead to male infertility.

The 33-year-old was diagnosed with Turner syndrome in 2023, a genetic disorder that had unknowingly caused her to go through early menopause in her teenage years and subsequently led to her infertility.

A fertility charity said many female couples and single women still faced enormous financial hurdles to prove their infertility before being able to access NHS-funded IVF.

"The reasons are hard to speculate on and may result from multiple factors, such as decreased desire for more children, trauma, infertility related to psychiatric medications, or lack of health counselling," says Tsamantioti.