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A study which analyzed over 27 million U.S. births between 1996 and 2002 found that the percentage of premature births peaked in summer months when the levels of nitrates and pesticides in the drinking water also peaked from agricultural runoff. The correlation existed regardless of the mothers socioeconomic status or geographic location. While choosing locally [...]
America is using “children as our test rodents” for thousands of new chemicals that have never been tested for toxicity to human life in the womb.A conference on April 30 highlighted the scientific, ethical and moral links between effective clean environment policies and the life and health of the nation’s children. read full story at [...]
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Did you know that homicide is a leading cause of death in pregnant women? Even more sinister, the homicide is usually committed by the baby’s father. Domestic violence is a very real problem in pregnancy. Something about pregnancy crosses the wires in some men’s brains. Either they feel trapped, they feel the mother is more [...]
TOP TEN SAFEST PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS FOR PREGNANCY by Sheryl Lyon Are you trying to go organic during your pregnancy? You might be eating organic but what about the products you put on your skin? Just because they say natural or even organic, it certainly does not mean they are safe for you, much less [...]
by Toni Jacowski Today there are several options for prenatal vitamin supplements. Before taking prenatal vitamins it is important that pregnant women talk with their doctors. Prenatal vitamins need to be taken regularly in order for the baby to absorb the proper amount of essential nutrients. It is important that pregnant women learn about the [...]
by Nick Johnson Recent studies have shown that the use of Paxil during pregnancy increases the chances of birth defects. In December 2005, the Food and Drug Administration moved Paxil from a class C drug to a class D drug. A class C drug is one that has been proven to harm animals; and a [...]
In 1968 French medical researchers identified a collection of abnormalities in children born to alcoholic mothers. These abnormalities came to be known collectively as the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS). The defects associated with FAS are caused when alcohol drunk by the mother crosses the placenta, enters the unborn child’s bloodstream, and interferes with normal biological [...]
