Pregnant women in Brooklyn have highest levels of certain preservatives used in cosmetics

Monday, October 26, 2015 - 21:20 in Health & Medicine

Researchers at the State University of New York-Downstate Medical Center and Arizona State University have published the first study of levels of parabens — antibacterial substances commonly used as preservatives in cosmetics and other products — in human cord-blood samples. The researchers found that a cohort of pregnant women in Brooklyn predominantly of Caribbean- and […]

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