Elevated mercury levels in pregnant woman linked to skin cream from Mexico
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- 作者：Carrie A. Dickenson ; Tracey J. Woodruff ; Naomi E. Stotl ; Dina Dobraca ; Rupali Das
- 关键词：chemicals ; chemical exposure ; children's health ; mercury ; pregnancy
- 刊名：American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- 出版年：2013
- 出版时间：August, 2013
- 年：2013
- 卷：209
- 期：2
- 页码：e4-e5
- 全文大小：77 K
文摘
Mercury exposure during pregnancy can have serious health effects for a developing fetus including impacting the child's neurologic and cognitive development. Through biomonitoring in a low-income Latina population in California, we identified a patient with high levels of mercury and traced the source to face creams purchased in a pharmacy in Mexico.