Exposure to drinking water pollutants and non-syndromic birth defects: a systematic review and meta-analysis synthesis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate the association between drinking water pollutants and non-syndromic birth defects.

Design

Systematic review and meta-analysis synthesis.

Data sources

A search of MEDLINE, EMBASE and Google Scholar was performed to review relevant citations reporting on birth defects in pregnancies exposed to water pollutants between January 1962 and April 2023.

Eligibility criteria

Prospective or retrospective cohort, population studies and case-control studies that provided data on exposure to drinking water pollutants around conception or during pregnancy and non-syndromic birth defects. We included studies published in the English language after the Minamata Bay disaster to reflect on contemporary concerns about the effect of environmental pollution an

SUBMITTER: Jauniaux E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11555108 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature