Fetal Environmental Toxins

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Abstract
The pediatrician often is asked by concerned parents whether their child's medical problems could be due to some type of exposure during pregnancy. Unfortunately, there seems to be an endless number of new and disturbing possibilities, such as video display terminals and electromagnetic fields, which are suggested regularly in newspaper articles, magazines, and the television news to be harmful. Experience has shown that many of these possibilities are false alarms, but much work is required before reassuring evidence becomes available. This review will summarize the current knowledge of "fetal environmental toxins" or human teratogens—terms that encompass an exposure during pregnancy that has a harmful effect on the developing fetus.

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