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Reports on research findings from Motherisk, a program through the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, involving pregnant women exposed to organic solvents during pregnancy. Full report in the March 23-31, 1999 `Journal of the American Medical Association'; What the solvents include; Findings that exposed women are more likely to have a deformed baby than unexposed women; Results of research; Study coauthor Sohail Khattak.

Reports on the results of the research conducted at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario revealing that female workers exposed to certain organic solvents while on the job are 13 times more likely to give birth to a baby with major defects. Other dangers posed by the solvents; Sources of the solvents.