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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="#000099" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://www.sciencenews.org/article/fetuses-may-be-exposed-antimicrobial-compounds">https://www.sciencenews.org/article/fetuses-may-be-exposed-antimicrobial-compounds</a></span><o:p></o:p></font></p>
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<b><font size="5" color="black" face="Lato"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:19.0pt;font-family:Lato;color:windowtext;font-weight:bold">Fetuses may be exposed to antimicrobial compounds<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;mso-line-height-alt:13.8pt"><b><font size="4" color="#1f4363" face="Lato"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Lato;color:#1F4363;font-weight:bold">Soap chemicals found in pregnant women’s urine and
cord blood, but health risks are uncertain<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="#000099" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://www.sciencenews.org/author/beth-mole"><font size="2" color="black" face="Lato"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Lato;color:black;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="50" height="50" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CFBC9A.F805F840" alt="https://www.sciencenews.org/sites/default/files/styles/author_thumbnail/public/profiles/photos/bethmole.jpg?itok=wlqYg0Sd"></span></font></a></span></font><font size="2" color="black" face="Lato"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Lato;color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="black" face="Lato"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Lato;color:windowtext">by<a href="https://www.sciencenews.org/author/beth-mole"><font color="black"><span style="color:black">Beth Mole</span></font></a></span></font><font size="2" color="black" face="Lato"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Lato;color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="black" face="Lato"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Lato;color:windowtext">4:57pm, August 15, 2014</span></font><font size="2" color="black" face="Lato"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Lato;color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="black" face="Lato"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Lato;color:windowtext"><img border="0" width="860" height="460" id="Picture_x0020_8" src="cid:image008.jpg@01CFBC9A.F805F840" alt="soap label showing triclosan as ingredient"></span></font><font size="2" color="black" face="Lato"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Lato;color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><font size="2" color="black" face="Lato"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Lato;color:windowtext">Common antimicrobial compounds such as triclosan are found in
a variety of consumer products. New research suggests these chemicals may pass to fetuses via blood.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><font size="2" color="black" face="Lato"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Lato;color:windowtext">By way of the umbilical cord, babies in the womb may receive doses
of antimicrobial compounds, including the controversial and ubiquitous chemical triclosan. Though scientists do not know whether the exposures pose any risk to mother or child, animal studies have linked some of the compounds to hormone disruption.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><font size="2" color="black" face="Lato"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Lato;color:windowtext">The evidence for the compounds’ effects on human health is still
murky, says epidemiologist Paul Terry of the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. But, he adds, “It’s always a concern when you see levels in what could be vulnerable populations — and that’s pregnant women and fetuses.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy">Deborah L. DeBiasi</span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:navy"><br>
</span></font><b><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold">Email: Deborah.DeBiasi@deq.virginia.gov</span></font></b><b><i><font size="2" color="red"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:red;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic"><br>
</span></font></i></b><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy">WEB site address:
<a href="http://www.deq.virginia.gov/">www.deq.virginia.gov</a></span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:navy"><br>
</span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy">Virginia Department of Environmental Quality</span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:navy"><br>
</span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy">Office of Water Permits
</span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:navy"><br>
</span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy">Industrial Pretreatment/Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) Program</span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:navy"><br>
</span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy">PPCPs, EDCs, and Microconstituents<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:navy"><a href="http://www.deq.virginia.gov/Programs/Water/PermittingCompliance/PollutionDischargeElimination/Microconstituents.aspx">http://www.deq.virginia.gov/Programs/Water/PermittingCompliance/PollutionDischargeElimination/Microconstituents.aspx</a></span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy">Mail: P.O. Box 1105, Richmond, VA 23218</span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:navy"><br>
</span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy">Location: 629 E. Main Street, Richmond, VA 23219</span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:navy"><br>
</span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy">PH: 804-698-4028 FAX: 804-698-4032<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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