Open AccessArsenic Exposure in Infancy: Estimating the Contributions of Well Water and Human Milk
Author(s) -
Charles W. Schmidt
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.123-a137
Subject(s) - arsenic , environmental health , test (biology) , arsenic contamination of groundwater , infant formula , cohort , medicine , toxicology , pediatrics , chemistry , biology , pathology , ecology , organic chemistry
Studies of mothers with high levels of arsenic exposure indicate the toxic element does not pass easily into human milk.1,2,3 In this issue of EHP, researchers test the hypothesis that breastfed infants have lower exposures than infants fed powdered formula mixed with private well water.4
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