1. Occupational solvent use carries risks in pregnancy.
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Mitchell, Peter
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ORGANIC solvents , *PREGNANT women , *HUMAN abnormality etiology , *PREGNANCY , *HEALTH risk assessment , *PHYSIOLOGY - Abstract
Reports that women occupationally exposed to organic solvents during pregnancy are 13 times more likely to give birth to a child with serious congenital malformations. Risk only applying to those women who develop symptoms of solvent exposure; Assertion that hydrocarbon solvents are teratogenic in humans; Research by Sohail Khattak et al, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario; Methods; Other effects of solvent exposure. INSET: Some weedkillers and pesticides linked to..., by Kelly Morris.
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- 1999
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