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New research has found that the average pregnant woman has 56 different suspect chemicals in their blood, which may be hazardous to themselves or their unborn child.
Carried out by researchers at the University of California, the study used a new testing method which can screen an individual's blood for hundreds of chemicals at once to look at blood samples from 75 pregnant women.
The technique identifies chemicals by their molecular weight, and enabled the team to test the blood for 696 chemicals in one screening, a much larger number than previous methods, which typically screen around a dozen chemicals at a time.
The chemicals looked at included environmental organic acids (EOAs), which are widely used in pesticides and consumer products. Many individuals are exposed to these and other similar chemicals by using products, eating contaminated food, drinking contaminated water, or breathing contaminated air and dust. Some EOAs, such as Bisphenol A, methylparaben and triclosan, are thought to have chemical structures that are similar to hormones which can disrupt the endocrine system, which suggests that they could also interfere with the development of fetuses.
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