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A study published in Scientific Reports finds a link between pesticide exposure and recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) through oxidative stress and apoptosis (cell death) in the placenta.
RPL is the loss of three or more successive pregnancies before 24 weeks of gestation and signifies an underlying reproductive health issue.
The study highlights that pesticides’ endocrine-disrupting properties can have varying adverse impacts on biological processes, including immunology, metabolism and reproduction.
Pregnant women experience frequent exposure to environmental pollutants that pose serious health risks to both mother and newborn.
Many known pollutants (e.g., heavy metals, polychlorinated biphenyl and pesticides) are chemicals with endocrine-disrupting properties that can move from the mother to the developing fetus at higher exposure rates…
