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Study on pregnant women finds increased exposure to chemicals
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 14 (ANI): An American study that recruited a diverse group of pregnant women over the age of 12 found that increased exposure to chemicals in plastics and pesticides could be harmful for their overall development.
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Research on pregnant women discovers increasing chemical exposure
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 10 (ANI): An American study that enrolled a highly diverse group of pregnant women over 12 years found rising exposure to chemicals from plastics and pesticides that may be harmful to development.
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Exposure to chemical mixtures during pregnancy affects brain development:
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Karlstad [Sweden], February 21 (ANI): Does exposure to chemicals during pregnancy affect a child? Researchers provided evidence that complex mixtures of endocrine-disrupting chemicals, impact children's brain development and language acquisition, by linking human population studies with expe
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Maternal exposure to chemicals might lead to autistic like behaviour in ch
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 3 (ANI): The findings of a recent study suggests correlations between gestational exposure to selected environmental toxicants, including metals, pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), phthalates, and bisphenol-A (BPA) to increased expressions of autistic-like b
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Study links maternal exposure to chemicals to autistic-like behaviours in
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 30 (ANI): A novel study found correlations between increased expressions of autistic-like behaviours in pre-school aged children to gestational exposure to selected environmental toxicants, including metals, pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), phthalates, and
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Prenatal exposure to chemicals alters infant's brain activity
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 28 (ANI): Pregnant mothers who are subjected to chemicals are at risk of delivering kids with poor cognition and behavioural problems. A new study in this regard has found that this exposure can harm and alter the infants' brain activity in the womb.
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Constant exposure to chemicals released during fracking may harm fertility
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
WashingtonD.C. [USA], Aug. 27 (ANI): Over15 million Americans live within a one-mile radius of unconventional oil and gas (UOG) operations. UOGs combine directional drilling and hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," to release natural gas from underground rock.
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