Thursday, February 24, 2022

Prenatal exposure to phthalates may affect infants’ health

 

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/944358

 

 News Release 24-Feb-2022
Peer-Reviewed Publication
Wiley

 

Phthalates are endocrine disrupting chemicals that are used in plastics and as food additives. A recent study in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry examined whether prenatal exposure to phthalates in maternal and cord blood affects birth outcomes in infants.

Results from the study involving 65 mother-infant pairs suggest that phthalates have potentially estrogenic effects in female infants and anti-androgenic effects in male infants. Also, higher levels of several different phthalates were associated with smaller head circumference in all infants. 

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