Prenatal Exposure

How are women exposed to environmental chemicals?
Chemical exposure can come from a wide variety of places and experiences. Exposure can occur in the workplace during manufacturing or from the use of chemicals in beauty salons. Use of cosmetics or perfumes allows substances such as phthalates or lead to be absorbed through the skin. Breathing dust or vapor from everyday products like sofa cushions (flame retardants) or flooring (formaldehyde) is another route to exposure. Lastly, our food and beverages may have been treated with pesticides or contaminated with toxic BPA residues from containers, putting us at risk every day.