The adverse health effects of boron on women

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Tiffany Taylor

Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, USA

: J Forensic Toxicol Pharmacol

Abstract

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In the last twenty years; there has been growing controversy over whether or not boron, a vital trace element, is essential and if so, to what extent. Although many studies have been conducted on the health effects of men, studies pertaining to the health effects boron has on women are scarce. This scarcity contributes to an even larger amount of ambiguity concerning the role boron plays in health. Some studies found indicate that boron may cause harm to women if consumed in large amounts while other studies indicate consuming larger amounts of boron may have beneficial health effects on women. A key reason why there is ambiguity on the topic of boron and women is because there is no standard limit on how much boron a woman should consume each day in order to remain healthy. The purpose of this paper is to assess whether boron is a risk factor for complications with women’s health, with a focus on cancer (breast cancer, cervical cancer, lung cancer and prostate cancer) and to assess whether boron is essential or not and if so, to what extent. Discussions will also be made on the academic advancements research on the health effects of boron on women have made on what should be the healthy limit of boron intake. Ultimately this paper serves as a systematic review of boron that will help provide suggestions for why this ambiguity exists and where researchers are headed in trying to find amounts of boron that better and/or harm the health of a woman. The first part of this paper will review the steps taken to gather research documents for the systematic review. The ultimate purpose of this systematic review is to propose a future research agenda related to the effects of boron on women.

Biography

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Email: Tiff.Tay.2016@gmail.com