Uranium concentration in umbilical cord may increase the risk for orofacial clefts.

CONCLUSION: Our study found that in utero exposure to high level of U was associated with increased risk of OFCs and its subtype CLP.
PMID: 31918316 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Environmental Research - December 30, 2019 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Guo Y, Liu L, Ni W, Pan Y, Chen Y, Xie Q, Liu Y, Jin L, Li Z, Ren A, Wang L Tags: Environ Res Source Type: research