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Based on phone interviews, the authors concluded that exposure to pesticides in pregnancy increased the risk of developing brain tumours by 1.4.
Read MoreA well-balanced article questioning the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children finding that children of women who ate little or no meat while pregnancy was more likely to abuse alcohol at age 15.
Read MoreMice were injected once with ethanol seven days after birth (equivalent to third trimester in humans). As adults mice exposed to alcohol spent less time in slow-wave sleep and experienced more sleep fragmentation. The study was published in Neuroscience 322:18 (2016).
Read MoreThe references article is actually a narrative review not new data.
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