Environmental Factor – July 2019: Arsenic may interfere with pregnancy and children’s health

“Arsenic is a reproductive toxicant,” said Molly Kile, Sc.D., from Oregon State University (OSU), during a May 28 talk in the NIEHS Keystone Science Lecture

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Environmental Factor – August 2019: Flu vaccination during pregnancy saves lives, says Wilcox

Growing evidence shows that flu vaccination during pregnancy is safe for mothers and their children, according to a July 10 editorial in the journal BMJ

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Environmental Factor – August 2019: Pollution and pregnancy — social media Q and A

On Aug. 15, experts from NIEHS and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) will be available via the

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Environmental Factor – September 2019: NIH researchers tackle questions on air pollution and pregnancy

Air pollution is a mixture of natural and man-made substances in the air we breathe. It is typically separated into two categories: outdoor and indoor

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Environmental Factor – January 2020: Pregnancy hypertension risk increased by traffic-related air pollution

A new report from the National Toxicology Program (NTP) suggests that traffic-related air pollution increases a pregnant woman’s risk for dangerous changes in blood pressure,

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Environmental Factor – May 2022: Mapping cell communication in mouse uterus sheds light on pregnancy

“What we learned from this project is that you can’t use just one technique,” DeMayo said. “We combined spatial transcriptomics with single-cell analysis to really

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Environmental Factor – July 2022: Nanoparticles inhaled during pregnancy can infiltrate fetal tissues

Tiny particles inhaled during pregnancy could affect fetal growth and development, according to research in animal models funded by the NIEHS Outstanding New Environmental Scientist

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Environmental Factor – September 2023: Diet and exposures in pregnancy: grantee tackles research, messaging

Rick Woychik, Ph.D., directs NIEHS and the National Toxicology Program. (Image courtesy of NIEHS) Regular readers of this column know that one of my goals

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