By Thomas Crocker
The Hazards of Prenatal
Exposure to Pollutants
Airborne Danger:
AS RESEARCHERS
CONTINUE TO LEARN
MORE ABOUT THE HARMS
OF ENVIRONMENTAL
TOXIN EXPOSURE
DURING THE PRENATAL
PERIOD, ENVIRONMENTAL
EXPOSURES COUNSELING
DURING PREGNANCY
BECOMES INCREASINGLY
IMPORTANT. YET MANY
OBSTETRICIANS FEEL
POORLY EQUIPPED TO
OFFER THIS SERVICE
TO PATIENTS.
E
XPOSURE TO ENVIRONMENTAL
TOXINS in utero can have a vari-
ety of adverse effects on infants
and children, including miscar-
riage, stillbirth, birth defects, cognitive
impairment and pediatric cancers. The
dangers are so great that in 2013, The
American College of Obstetricians and
Gynecologists and the American Society
for Reproductive Medicine jointly called
for the federal government to strengthen
its efforts to identify environmental toxins
and limit their use by companies.
SPECIAL
CLINICAL
SECTION:
WOMEN'S
HEALTH
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