Glyphosate exposure in early pregnancy and reduced fetal growth: a prospective observational study of high-risk pregnancies

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prenatal glyphosate (GLY) exposure is associated with adverse reproductive outcomes in animal studies. Little is known about the effects of GLY exposure during pregnancy in the human population. This study aims to establish baseline urine GLY levels in a high-risk and racially diverse pregnancy cohort and to assess the relationship between prenatal GLY exposure and fetal development and birth outcomes.

Methods

Random first trimester urine specimens were collected from high risk pregnant women between 2013 and 2016 as part of the Indiana Pregnancy Environmental Exposures Study (PEES). Demographic and clinical data were abstracted from mother and infant medical records. Urine glyphosate levels were measured as a proxy for GLY exposure and quantified using liquid

SUBMITTER: Gerona R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9552485 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature