• Space/Science
  • GeekSpeak
  • Mysteries of
    the Multiverse
  • Science Fiction
  • The Comestible Zone
  • Off-Topic
  • Community
  • Flame
  • CurrentEvents

Recent posts

JPL about to lose ANOTHER 11% of its people RL October 13, 2025 12:00 pm (Space/Science)

Enjoy this and share.... RL October 13, 2025 3:36 am (CurrentEvents)

Already gutted, the CDC faces more brutal cuts RL October 11, 2025 9:45 pm (Space/Science)

A.Indecency RL October 11, 2025 9:37 pm (GeekSpeak)

Dark matter stars RL October 11, 2025 9:01 pm (Space/Science)

R-E-S-P-E-C-T BuckGalaxy October 11, 2025 12:52 pm (Flame)

Fly like an eagle BuckGalaxy October 10, 2025 2:58 pm (CurrentEvents)

Uploading personal photos. One last time.. RobVG October 10, 2025 2:51 pm (GeekSpeak)

Where we are now RL October 8, 2025 6:02 pm (CurrentEvents)

Blasphemy RL October 7, 2025 2:40 pm (Space/Science)

I cannot listen podrock October 5, 2025 9:27 am (CurrentEvents)

Down Under Report ER October 2, 2025 5:41 pm (Space/Science)

Home » CurrentEvents

I am sure Pro-lifers will be all over this... September 22, 2017 5:52 pm RL

*crickets chirping*
Flint’s lead-poisoned water had a ‘horrifyingly large’ effect on fetal deaths, study finds

During this time period, residents in Flint were generally unaware of the amount of lead in their water. “Because the higher lead content of the new water supply was unknown at the time, this decrease in [the general fertility rate] is likely a reflection of an increase in fetal deaths and miscarriages and not a behavior change in sexual behavior related to conception like contraceptive use,” Grossman and Slusky conclude.

They next turned to deaths of fetuses of 20 weeks gestation and older, excluding abortions, which are reported by hospitals. They found that “fetal death rates increased in Flint but did not change substantially in other areas following the water change.” The change in Flint amounted to a 58 percent increase in fetal deaths, relative to areas not afflicted by lead-poisoned water, a change the authors characterized as “horrifyingly large.”

The authors say their number probably undercounts the total number of miscarriages and fetal deaths for several reasons: “(1) They do not include abortions; (2) they do not include miscarriages that occur before 20 weeks of gestation; and (3) they are restricted to hospitals reporting these events,” Grossman and Slusky said.

Brought to you by the GOP…

  • Just think of it as the latest form of long-term GOP voter suppression. by hank 2017-09-22 20:26:43

    Search

    The Control Panel

    • Log in
    • Register