Gert van der Hoek
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Women 16-49 at risk of multiple pollutants
November 28, 2012
More than half of women of childbearing age had high levels of at least two of the three toxicants in the study that could harm brain development.
Credit: Brown University (Medical Xpress)—
In a new analysis of thousands of US women of childbearing age, Brown University researchers found that most exceeded the median blood level for two or more of three environmental pollutants that could harm brain development of fetuses and babies: lead, mercury, and polychlorinated biphenyls.
Nearly 23 percent of American women of childbearing age met or exceeded the median blood levels for all three environmental chemical pollutants—lead, mercury, and PCBs—tracked in an analysis of data on thousands of women by Brown University researchers.
All but 17.3 percent of the women aged 16 to 49 were at or above the median blood level for one or more of these chemicals, which are passed to fetuses through the placenta and to babies through breast milk.
Read more at: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-women-multiple-pollutants.html#jCp
November 28, 2012
More than half of women of childbearing age had high levels of at least two of the three toxicants in the study that could harm brain development.
Credit: Brown University (Medical Xpress)—
In a new analysis of thousands of US women of childbearing age, Brown University researchers found that most exceeded the median blood level for two or more of three environmental pollutants that could harm brain development of fetuses and babies: lead, mercury, and polychlorinated biphenyls.
Nearly 23 percent of American women of childbearing age met or exceeded the median blood levels for all three environmental chemical pollutants—lead, mercury, and PCBs—tracked in an analysis of data on thousands of women by Brown University researchers.
All but 17.3 percent of the women aged 16 to 49 were at or above the median blood level for one or more of these chemicals, which are passed to fetuses through the placenta and to babies through breast milk.
Read more at: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-women-multiple-pollutants.html#jCp