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Talking to pregnant women about toxic chemicals

By Deborah Kotz | Globe Staff June 27, 2014

Reducing pregnant women’s exposure to environmental toxins was recently deemed “critical” by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists to prevent birth defects and other fetal health problems. But a survey published this week of more than 2,500 physician members of that medical group found that fewer than one in five obstetrician-gynecologists ask their pregnant patients about any exposure they’ve had to unsafe levels of toxic chemicals.

Eighty percent of these doctors agreed that ...

Counseling Patients on Preventing Prenatal Environmental Exposures - A Mixed-Methods Study of Obstetricians
Naomi E. Stotland, Patrice Sutton, Jessica Trowbridge, Dylan S. Atchley, Jeanne Conry, Leonardo Trasande, Barbara Gerbert, Annemarie Charlesworth, Tracey J. Woodruff

Published: June 25, 2014