Prenatal Toxicity 2009-06-21
Prenatal Toxicity - French Polynesians consume high quantities of fish and are exposed to seafood-related contaminants.  In studying 241 delivering women from all the French Polynesian islands, newborns are prenatally exposed to high doses of mercury. Though their dietary intake of selenium and omega-3 fatty acids may counteract mercury toxicity, informing pregnant women on both the mercury and nutrient content of local fish species may be important….[More]
