title: Toxic environmental chemicals: the role of reproductive health professionals in preventing harmful exposures.
abstract: Every pregnant woman in the United States is exposed to many and varied environmental chemicals. Rapidly accumulating scientific evidence documents that widespread exposure to environmental chemicals at levels that are encountered in daily life can impact reproductive and developmental health adversely. Preconception and prenatal exposure to environmental chemicals are of particular importance because they may have a profound and lasting impact on health across the life course. Thus, prevention of developmental exposures to environmental chemicals would benefit greatly from the active participation of reproductive health professionals in clinical and policy arenas.
authors.affiliation: Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94612, USA. suttonp@obgyn.ucsf.edu
authors.forename: Patrice
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sutton
authors.forename: Tracey J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Woodruff
authors.forename: Joanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Perron
authors.forename: Naomi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Stotland
authors.forename: Jeanne A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Conry
authors.forename: Mark D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Linda C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Giudice
mesh_terms: D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011297:Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D024382:Professional Role; D060728:Reproductive Health; D034121:Reproductive Health Services
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants