News tagged with maternal exposure

Chemical C8 not associated with birth defects or pregnancy complications

(PhysOrg.com) -- A study conducted by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and colleagues, and published in Reproductive Toxicology, found that maternal exposure to C8, a chemical used in the ma ...

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Children whose mothers smoked during pregnancy, early childhood more likely to smoke as adults

Children of mothers who smoked during pregnancy and their early childhood years may be predisposed to take up smoking as teens and young adults, compounding the physical damage they sustained from the smoke exposure.

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