Pregnant womens are exposed to a number of banned and harmful chemicals, which could prove hazardous to both the baby and their health.
Tracey Woodruff, Director of the Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment at the University of California-San Francisco (UCSF) told that their team analyzed data on 268 pregnant women and 163 chemicals. It was found that 43 of 163 chemicals were there in over 99% of pregnant women.
Those chemicals were either banned for decades or came from flame retardants, sunscreens and non-stick cookware. They included phenols, polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), phthalates, polychlorinated biphenyls
(PCBs), organochlorine pesticides, perfluorinated compounds (PFCs), perchlorate, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and benzophenone-3.
The findings of the research appeared in Environmental Health Perspectives. The discovered chemicals in pregnant women could be associated with disorders such as brain development and fertility problem in child.
Bisphenol A, though has been banned, still used as a liner inside metal food and beverage cans was discovered in 96% of the pregnant women. This chemical can cause hormonal disturbance and adverse brain development.
Woodruff stated that since the formation of the U. S. Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976, it has never been updated, which is allowing use of some harmful chemicals in some products.
"We need to be re-examining the laws because chemicals are not being sufficiently tested and regulated", says Woodruff.
source: topnews.us
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