Table 3.

Effects of in utero arsenic exposure on the fertility of adult females.

Treatment	Days to 1st litter	Days between litters	Number of pups per litter	Total pups produced per female	Total number of litters per female	Fertile period (days)
Control (n = 5)	21.6 ± 0.40	29.04 ± 1.44	13.65 ± 0.93	112.80 ± 12.04	9.00 ± 1.30	254.4 ±18.6
10 ppb (n = 8)	22.00 ± 1.62	28.55 ± 1.53	11.03 ± 1.08	124.88 ± 8.56*	10.38 ± 0.94*	302.3 ± 16.5*
42.5 ppm (n = 13)	23.31 ± 1.01	31.65 ± 1.59	12.32 ± 0.43	73.77 ± 13.38*	5.77 ± 1.04*	186.1 ± 30.62*
Numbers represent averages ± standard error. *Represents significant differences between 10-ppb and 42.5-ppm groups with p < 0.05. There were no significant differences between the treatment groups and the control.