"An international team of researchers has for the first time quantified how effectively mothers pass 87 common environmental contaminants to their children. Their findings provide a way to correlate pollutant concentrations in a mother's blood to levels in her developing baby, which may help regulators pinpoint compounds that are hazardous to unborn and nursing babies."
Kellyn Betts reports for Chemical & Engineering News January 5, 2011.
Source: Chemical & Engineering News, 01/06/2011
