Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2012 Sep;207(3):164-73. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2012.01.034. Epub 2012 Mar 8.

Toxic environmental chemicals: the role of reproductive health professionals in preventing harmful exposures.

Sutton P, Woodruff TJ, Perron J, Stotland N, Conry JA, Miller MD, Giudice LC.

Source

Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94612, USA. suttonp@obgyn.ucsf.edu

Abstract

Every pregnant woman in the United States is exposed to many and varied environmental chemicals. Rapidly accumulating scientific evidence documents that widespread exposure to environmental chemicals at levels that are encountered in daily life can impact reproductive and developmental health adversely. Preconception and prenatal exposure to environmental chemicals are of particular importance because they may have a profound and lasting impact on health across the life course. Thus, prevention of developmental exposures to environmental chemicals would benefit greatly from the active participation of reproductive health professionals in clinical and policy arenas.