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  • Long-term study of pregnant women finds increasing chemical exposure

    May 11, 2022 10:45 am by Jenna KurtzweilResearch
    Susan Schantz, a professor emerita of comparative biosciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a Beckman Institute researcher, is a coauthor on this study.

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    • Susan Schantz, a professor emerita of comparative biosciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a Beckman Institute researcher, is a coauthor on this study.

    A national, long-term study that enrolled a highly diverse group of pregnant women found rising exposure to chemicals from plastics and pesticides that may be harmful to development.