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What risk does wildfire smoke pose during late-term pregnancies? This is what a recent study published in Environmental Science & Technology hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated a link between wildfire smoke exposure for pregnant mothers and an increased risk in autism for their unborn children. This study has the potential to help researchers, climate scientists, medical ...

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In pregnancy, the placenta is the link between mother and child, and this prenatal environment can have huge influences on the development of the fetus. Changes in the intrauterine environment have been associated with cardiovascular, metabolic, and neurodevelopmental disorders. Decades ago, scientists began to investigate the association between problems in fetal development and schizophrenia. Researchers sought to learn more about ...

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