Pregnancy Complications Due to Contaminated Water

Prenatal exposure to tetrachloroethylene (PCE) by drinking water could increase the risk of stillbirth and placental abruption, reveals a new study led by a Boston University School of Public Health researcher. The study, published in the journal iEnvironmental Health/i, compared 1,091 PCE-exposed pregnancies and 1,019 unexposed pregnancies among 1,766 women in Cape Cod, Ma., where water was contaminated in the late 1960s to the early 1980s by the installation ...