title: Elevated mercury levels in pregnant woman linked to skin cream from Mexico.
abstract: Mercury exposure during pregnancy can have serious health effects for a developing fetus including impacting the child's neurologic and cognitive development. Through biomonitoring in a low-income Latina population in California, we identified a patient with high levels of mercury and traced the source to face creams purchased in a pharmacy in Mexico.
authors.affiliation: Program on Reproductive Health and Environment, University of California-San Francisco, Oakland, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Carrie A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Dickenson
authors.forename: Tracey J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Woodruff
authors.forename: Naomi E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Stotland
authors.forename: Dina
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dobraca
authors.forename: Rupali
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Das
mesh_terms: D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D008628:Mercury / Q000097:blood*; D008800:Mexico; D011247:Pregnancy; D063465:Skin Cream / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D008628:Mercury
keywords: chemical exposure; chemicals; children's health; mercury; pregnancy