Global Warming Might Be Especially Dangerous for Pregnant Women
/Scientists are concerned that heat waves could be linked to more premature births and stillbirths.
Read MorePregnancy and Birth Defects in the News
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North Korea’s nuclear tests are causing birth defects and destroying the environment: report→
/Defectors claim that 80 percent of trees planted near the nuclear test site die, that underground wells have been evaporated and that babies in the region are born with birth defects at alarming rates.
Read MoreChemical in macaroni and cheese tied to birth defects, says study.
/This report harks back to earlier studies linking phthalate exposure to hypospadias in boys. Phthalates were found in all 29/30 tested cheese products. No mention of concertation or dose was mentioned.
Read MoreThe cost of clean: Disinfectants cause birth defects in baby mice
/This article reports an experiment in mice that observed an increase in neural tube defects from ambient as well as oral exposure to quaternary ammonium compounds that persisted for 2 generations.
Read MoreMen who smoke are THREE times more likely to have children with asthma
/Using complex statistical analyses the authors showed an association with an OR of 1.17-6.13. There was no link with mothers smoking unless it was the paternal grandmother (OR 1.0-1.6)
Read MoreStressed women are more likely to have clumsy kids
/Teenagers of mothers who self-reported stress during pregnancy were more likely to be clumsy so concludes a recent Australian study of 2,900 mothers published in Child Development 87: 211 (2015)
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