Study breaks new ground on chemical effects on newborns

摘要

Low-income and Latina pregnant women experience pervasive exposure to environmentalrntoxins, and their infants often exhibit higher levels of the same, a new study shows.rnThe research, conducted by University of California researchers at the Berkeley and SanrnFrancisco campuses, examined 59 chemicals in the blood of pregnant women at ZuckerbergrnSan Francisco General Hospital.rnThe scientists also took umbilical cord