Controversial advice on chemicals in pregnancy
Conclusion
Nervous mothers-to-be may want to take on board RCOG’s recommendations, though as previously mentioned, the evidence to back up these recommendations is lacking. It is important not to lose sight of established harms that are known to cause damage to a pregnancy:
smoking
drinking alcohol
using drugs
certain types of medication, such as medications used to treat epilepsy
eating certain foods, such as pate or liver
Read more about health and wellbeing in pregnancy in the NHS Choices Pregnancy and baby guide.
Analysis by Bazian. Edited by NHS Choices. Follow Behind the Headlines on Twitter.
Links To The Headlines Food packaging and furniture: What to avoid when you're pregnant. The Independent, June 5 2013
A mum-to-be? Don't paint the nursery and avoid non-stick frying pans: Pregnant women warned over risk to baby from exposure to chemicals. Daily Mail, June 5 2013
Expectant mothers told not to paint the nursery or use non-stick frying pans in case of chemical exposure. The Daily Telegraph, June 5 2013
Chemicals: a worry for pregnant women? BBC News, June 5 2013
Pregnancy safety advice prompts criticism. BBC News, June 5 2013
Pregnant Women Warned Of Chemical Exposure. Sky News, June 5 2013
Pregnant women warned over household products. ITV News, June 5 2013
Source: NHS News Feed - Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pregnancy/child QA articles Cancer Source Type: news
More News: Alcoholism | Babies | Breastfed | Cancer | Cancer & Oncology | Chemistry | Children | Education | Environmental Health | Epilepsy | Eyes | Health | Infertility | Liver | Men | Nursing | OBGYN | Pregnancy | Reproduction Medicine | Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists | Science | Smokers | Study | Training | Universities & Medical Training | Urology & Nephrology | Warnings | Websites | Women