Chemical Exposures and Pregnancy - with Dr. Megan Romano

his week on Green Street, Patti & Doug talk about the hazards of pesticides and wildfire smoke. Then Dr. Megan Romano of Dartmouth University talks about how pregnancy can be impacted by endocrine-disrupting chemicals in our air, our water, our food, and the consumer products we buy...impacts that can have life-long consequences for the new baby.

Green Street - Chemical Exposures and Pregnancy

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Links from the interview:

• How are we exposed to PFAS?:https://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/agents/pfc#:~:text=PFAS%20are%20used%20in%20the,or%20breathing%20air%20containing%20PFAS.

• Corsi-Rosenthal boxes redue air pollution:https://sph.brown.edu/news/2023-01-09/corsi-rosenthal-boxes#:~:text=Importantly%2C%20Braun's%20research%20team%20found,decreased%20by%2040%20to%2060%25.

• EWG's guide to personal care products:https://www.ewg.org/skindeep/

• PFAS chemicals and their impacts:https://home.dartmouth.edu/news/2024/05/pulling-out-all-stops-against-pervasive-pollutants

Links from the news:

• Wildfire smoke linked to dementia diagnosis:https://aaic.alz.org/releases-2024/exposure-wildfire-smoke-raises-dementia-risk.asp#:~:text=Reported%20for%20the%20first%20time,average%20wildfire%20PM2.5%20exposure.

• Pesticides may increase cancer risk as much as smoking:https://www.health.com/pesticides-cancer-risk-smoking-study-8687856#:~:text=Pesticide%20exposure—especially%20near%20farming,Hodgkin's%20lymphoma%2C%20and%20bladder%20cancer.