The heavy metals mercury, lead, and cadmium are toxicants, which are well-known to cross
the placenta and to accumulate in fetal tissues. Prenatal exposure to mercury and lead …

Lead is a well known neurotoxicant that causes a variety of clinical conditions. Recent data
now indicate that low level exposure (blood lead levels below 10 μg/dL) results in cognitive …

Lead, cadmium and mercury were measured in placental tissue, umbilical cord and
maternal blood samples of 1578 women who delivered at the Al-Kharj King Khalid Hospital …

Background: Placental tissue may furnish information on the exposure of both mother and
fetus. Mercury (Hg), cadmium (Cd), and lead (Pb) are toxicants of interest in pregnancy …

OBJECTIVE: The heavy metals lead (Pb) and mercury (Hg) are ubiquitous environmental
pollutants with high neurotoxic potential. We aimed to compare perinatal Pb and Hg …

Pregnancy is a complex process requiring tremendous physiological changes in the mother
in order to fulfill the needs of the growing fetus, and to give birth, expel the placenta and …

The placenta is the principal regulator of the in utero environment, and disruptions to this
environment can result in adverse offspring health outcomes. To better characterize the …

Cadmium and other metallic ions can act as metalloestrogens and endocrine disruptors of
reproductive tissues and fetal development in mammals, including humans. The detrimental …

Background Lead exposure predicts altered neurodevelopment and lower intelligence
quotient (IQ) in children, but few studies have examined this association in children who …

Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) or endocrine disruptors are substances that are
either naturally occurring or artificial and are released into the natural environment. Humans …