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Based on the lowest observable adverse effect level (LOAEL, 10 \u03bcg\/kg\/d) for reproductive toxicity in rats from a chronic 90\u2212day study (Ait Benbella et\u00a0al., 2025), the minimum critical human equivalent dose (HED) of cadmium\u2212induced male reproductive damage was calculated, All 40 studies in\n                    <jats:xref>\n                      <jats:bold>Table\u00a01<\/jats:bold>\n                    <\/jats:xref>\n                    were selected according to predefined inclusion\/exclusion criteria (see Section 2). The Lowest-Observed-Adverse-Effect Level (LOAEL) was converted to HED using the following formula:\n                    <jats:inline-formula>\n                      <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" display=\"inline\" id=\"im2\">\n                        <mml:mrow>\n                          <mml:mi>H<\/mml:mi>\n                          <mml:mi>E<\/mml:mi>\n                          <mml:mi>D<\/mml:mi>\n                          <mml:mo stretchy=\"false\">(<\/mml:mo>\n                          <mml:mi>m<\/mml:mi>\n                          <mml:mi>g<\/mml:mi>\n                          <mml:mo stretchy=\"false\">\/<\/mml:mo>\n                          <mml:mi>k<\/mml:mi>\n                          <mml:mi>g<\/mml:mi>\n                          <mml:mo stretchy=\"false\">)<\/mml:mo>\n                          <mml:mo>=<\/mml:mo>\n                          <mml:mi>A<\/mml:mi>\n                          <mml:mi>n<\/mml:mi>\n                          <mml:mi>i<\/mml:mi>\n                          <mml:mi>m<\/mml:mi>\n                          <mml:mi>a<\/mml:mi>\n                          <mml:mi>l<\/mml:mi>\n                          <mml:mtext>\u00a0<\/mml:mtext>\n                          <mml:mi>L<\/mml:mi>\n                          <mml:mi>O<\/mml:mi>\n                          <mml:mi>A<\/mml:mi>\n                          <mml:mi>E<\/mml:mi>\n                          <mml:mi>L<\/mml:mi>\n                          <mml:mtext>\u00a0<\/mml:mtext>\n                          <mml:mo stretchy=\"false\">(<\/mml:mo>\n                          <mml:mi>m<\/mml:mi>\n                          <mml:mi>g<\/mml:mi>\n                          <mml:mo stretchy=\"false\">\/<\/mml:mo>\n                          <mml:mi>k<\/mml:mi>\n                          <mml:mi>g<\/mml:mi>\n                          <mml:mo stretchy=\"false\">)<\/mml:mo>\n                          <mml:mo>\u00d7<\/mml:mo>\n                          <mml:mfrac>\n                            <mml:mrow>\n                              <mml:mi>k<\/mml:mi>\n                              <mml:mi>m<\/mml:mi>\n                              <mml:mo>\u00a0<\/mml:mo>\n                              <mml:mi>o<\/mml:mi>\n                              <mml:mi>f<\/mml:mi>\n                              <mml:mo>\u00a0<\/mml:mo>\n                              <mml:mi>a<\/mml:mi>\n                              <mml:mi>n<\/mml:mi>\n                              <mml:mi>i<\/mml:mi>\n                              <mml:mi>m<\/mml:mi>\n                              <mml:mi>a<\/mml:mi>\n                              <mml:mi>l<\/mml:mi>\n                              <mml:mo>\u00a0<\/mml:mo>\n                            <\/mml:mrow>\n                            <mml:mrow>\n                              <mml:mi>k<\/mml:mi>\n                              <mml:mi>m<\/mml:mi>\n                              <mml:mo>\u00a0<\/mml:mo>\n                              <mml:mi>o<\/mml:mi>\n                              <mml:mi>f<\/mml:mi>\n                              <mml:mo>\u00a0<\/mml:mo>\n                              <mml:mi>h<\/mml:mi>\n                              <mml:mi>u<\/mml:mi>\n                              <mml:mi>m<\/mml:mi>\n                              <mml:mi>a<\/mml:mi>\n                              <mml:mi>n<\/mml:mi>\n                            <\/mml:mrow>\n                          <\/mml:mfrac>\n                        <\/mml:mrow>\n                      <\/mml:math>\n                    <\/jats:inline-formula>\n                    (The LOAEL was derived from rat reproductive toxicity data (10 \u03bcg\/kg\/d) (Ait Benbella et\u00a0al., 2025); km factors of 6 (rat) and 37 (human, 60kg) were applied. The calculated HED was 0.002 mg\/kg\/d.) Comparisons reveal that cadmium exposure levels in some regions approach or even exceed this threshold. The results suggest that cadmium may cause damage to the male reproductive system, potentially adversely affecting semen quality. Cadmium also induces renal dysfunction that indirectly exacerbates testicular injury via the renal\u2212testis axis, further disrupting the hypothalamic\u2212pituitary\u2212testicular axis and amplifying reproductive toxicity. 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