Chemical hair treatments and adverse pregnancy outcome among black women in central North Carolina

Article Abstract:

Chemical hair relaxers and curl treatments may not be a risk factor for adverse pregnancy outcomes in African-American women. Researchers examined the infants of 525 African-American women in the context of relaxers and other hair treatments. Having used hair straightening products or curling treatments prior to and during pregnancy did not increase the risk of premature birth or low birth weight in this group. African-Americans may be uniquely exposed to other pregnancy risks.

Risk factors, Hair, Pregnancy, Complications of, Pregnancy complications, African American women, Hair relaxers

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Does paternal occupational lead exposure increase the risk of low birth weight or prematurity?

Article Abstract:

A study was conducted to determine the link between occupational lead exposure and low birth weight. The group of subjects consisted of male workers from the New York State Heavy Metals Registry. The control group consisted of offspring from a sample of male bus drivers. Although there were no significant birth weight differences, workers with elevated blood lead levels for an extended period of time had higher risk of fathering a low birth weight child.

Infants (Premature), Premature infants, Lead in the body

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Fish consumption and breast milk PCB concentrations among Mohawk women at Akwesasne

Article Abstract:

The relationship between consumption of contaminated fish and concentration of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) and 68 PCB congeners in the milk of nursing Mohawk mothers living near three hazardous waste sites was studied by researchers. Mohawk women in these areas who gave birth between 1986 and 1989 showed a higher concentration of total PCB.

Social aspects, Environmental aspects, Polychlorinated biphenyls, Breast milk, Food contamination, Hazardous wastes

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