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Women Exposed to Pesticides Face Higher Risk of Stillbirth

Mercola

This prompted researchers at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health and Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center to investigate how maternal pesticide exposure during preconception and early pregnancy could affect their risk of stillbirth.

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EPA Reviews Nitrate Limits in Drinking Water as Cancer Concerns Grow

Mercola

However, independent scientists are quick to counter this argument, stressing that nitrates in drinking water pose a distinct and more direct health risk. 12 To accomplish this, scientists used data from 2,029 participants in a national health survey conducted between 2005 and 2006, tracking their health outcomes for 13.9

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Can We Predict Our Ability to Conceive?

BU School of Public Health Blog

Funded by the National Institutes of Health, PRESTO spurred from its Danish counterpart, Snart Foraeldre (“soon parents”), which the professors launched in 2006.