“…The oral exposure to BaP resulted in developmental, immunological, and reproductive effects such as decreased fertility and neurobehavioral alterations in animal models [ 8 , 17 , 19 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 ]. Reproductive defects included the impairment of ovary weight, sperm counts and follicles numbers [ 8 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 19 , 25 , 27 ]. Moreover, epidemiological studies in humans reported adverse birth outcomes, including reduced birth and postnatal body weight and lower head circumference, other developmental, neurobehavioral effects that are generally analogous to those observed in animals, providing supportive evidence for hazards associated with BaP exposure [ 10 , 23 , 28 , 29 , 30 ].…”