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1. Occupational solvent use carries risks in pregnancy.

Author

Mitchell, Peter

Subjects
*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.

Published
1999
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2. Solvents' link to birth defects bolstered.

Author

Seppa, N.

Subjects
*ORGANIC solvents, *PREGNANCY, *PREGNANT women, *HEALTH risk assessment, *DRUG side effects, HOSPITAL for Sick Children (Toronto, Ont.)
Abstract

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.

Published
1999
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