Couples experiencing recurrent pregnancy loss are often concerned that toxins within the environment have contributed to their reproductive difficulty. Questions posed by these couples to their health care providers are difficult// to answer because scientifically accurate information regarding the reproductive impact of potential environmental toxins and other teratogens is not readily available.

Heavy metals such as lead and mercury, organic solvents, alcohol, and ionizing radiation are confirmed environmental teratogens, and exposure could contribute to pregnancy loss. Caffeine, cigarette smoking, and hyperthermia are suspected teratogens, and the teratogenic impact of pesticides remains unknown. The teratogenic potential of multiple other environmental factors has been studied and is reviewed.

Before definitive conclusions can be drawn regarding the teratogenicity of environmental exposures, several clinical factors need to be addressed, including gestational age at the time of exposure, the duration of exposure, the impact of other factors or agents to which the mother, and the physiological status of the mother. In addition, in a given population, the interrelationship between frequency of exposures, frequency of effects, and recognizability of adverse outcomes, such as spontaneous abortion, should be considered.
'"/>




Page: 1
Related medicine news :

1. Vegetables decrease Tobacco Toxins
2. UN Fears Melting Of Ice Would Concentrate Toxins in the Chinese Water Supply
3. Gold Nanoparticles Are Good Detectors Biological Toxins
4. "Beach to Bedside" Study Focuses on Effects of Inhaled Toxins
5. A New Target for Painkillers: Snail Toxins Show the Way
6. Breathing, Expels Toxins and Cleanses the Lungs
7. El Ni?o cycles linked to cholera outbreaks
8. Cancers of Colon & Rectum linked to Cigarette Smoking
9. Gene linked to early puberty in girls
10. Maternal alcohol consumption linked to behavioral problems in children
11. Gene HPA-2 Met linked to cardiac arrest