chds and the environment
chds and the environment Drinking Water Contaminants and Congenital Heart Defects
Concern for exposures to drinking water contaminants and their effects on adverse birth outcomes has prompted several studies evaluating chlorination disinfection by-products and chlorinated solvents. Some of these contaminants are found to be teratogenic (cause birth defects) in animal studies. This review evaluates 14 studies on chlorination disinfection by-products such as trihalomethanes (THMs) and five studies on chlorinated solvents such as trichloroethylene (TCE). Because excess rates of Neural Tube Defects (NTDs), oral clefts, cardiac defects, and choanal atresia were found in studies of TCE- contaminated drinking water, further study was recommended.
http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/members/2002/suppl-1/61-74bove/bove-full.html
Concern for exposures to drinking water contaminants and their effects on adverse birth outcomes has prompted several studies evaluating chlorination disinfection by-products and chlorinated solvents. Some of these contaminants are found to be teratogenic (cause birth defects) in animal studies. This review evaluates 14 studies on chlorination disinfection by-products such as trihalomethanes (THMs) and five studies on chlorinated solvents such as trichloroethylene (TCE). Because excess rates of Neural Tube Defects (NTDs), oral clefts, cardiac defects, and choanal atresia were found in studies of TCE- contaminated drinking water, further study was recommended.
http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/members/2002/suppl-1/61-74bove/bove-full.html
posted by Birth Defect Research for Children @ 11:54 AM
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At December 13, 2004 at 12:28 PM,
Birth Defect Research for Children said…
Environmental Health Perspectives is a publication of the National Institute of Enviromental Health Sciences. Abstracts and the full text of EHP studies are now available to the public.
Betty Mekdeci
Birth Defect Research for Children
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