Drinking Water Disinfection By-Product Exposure and Fetal Growth

Authors :: Hoffman, Caroline S.
Mendola, Pauline
Savitz, David A.
Herring, Amy H.
Loomis, Dana
Hartmann, Katherine E.
Singer, Philip C.
Weinberg, Howard S.
Olshan, Andrew F.
Source :: Epidemiology; September 2008, Vol. 19 Issue: 5 p729-737, 9p
Publication Year :: 2008
Abstract: Previous studies suggest that elevated exposure to drinking water disinfection by-products (DBPs)—in particular, total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)—may lead to fetal growth restriction. We examined the effects of exposure to TTHMs, haloacetic acids, and total organic halide on the probability of delivering a small-for-gestational-age (SGA) infant and on birth weight at term.