Fetal loss and work in a waste water treatment plant.
We investigated pregnancy outcomes in 101 wives of workers employed in a waste water treatment plant (WWTP), and verified fetal losses by hospital records. Paternal work histories were compiled and each of the 210 pregnancies was assigned a paternal exposure category. The relative risk of fetal loss was increased when paternal exposure to the WWTP occurred around the time of conception.
D000022:Abortion, Spontaneous / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002140:California; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005220:Fathers; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D012722:Sewage; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid
D012722:Sewage