ABSTRACT QUESTION Several of my pregnant patients who are hairdressers have asked
me if exposure to products they use is harmful to their unborn babies. They also want to …

Several studies suggest that toxic chemicals in hair products may be absorbed through the
scalp in sufficient amounts to increase the risks of adverse health effects in women or their …

Question Many of my female patients complain about acne, unwanted hair growth, and other
skin problems that have only developed since they became pregnant. Are products used for …

Background: Working as a hairdresser involves exposure to a variety of chemical agents.
Aims: To estimate the risk of such exposure in relation to reproductive outcome. Methods: A …

QUESTION: One of my patients is a laboratory technician who routinely handles organic
solvents. She has just learned that she is pregnant, and she depends very much on this job …

The hazards of in utero exposure to chemicals. and visual-motor integration. Their rate of
hyperactivity was more than three times that of children born to women in the control group …

Scarce knowledge is available on the relationship between maternal chemical exposure
during pregnancy and foetal deaths. We studied the association of spontaneous abortions …

OBJECTIVES: Data from a hospital based case-control study were analysed to assess the
relation between maternal occupation in the leather industry and several groups of …

Workers in hairdressing salons are exposed to several hundred chemicals, of which a few
are possibly detrimental to pregnant workers or their fetuses. In Quebec, a government …

When women become pregnant, they expect their family physicians to answer many
questions about potential risks during the pregnancy and possible effects on the developing …