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Michigan State: Injectable Birth Control May Increase Blood Lead Levels in African American Women
November 20, 2020
EAST LANSING, Michigan, Nov. 20 (TNSJou) -- Michigan State University issued the following news release:

Women using a common, injectable form of birth control showed increased levels of potentially hazardous lead in their blood, a study led by a Michigan State University researcher found.

The study reported that women who were currently using the contraceptive depot medroxyprogesterone acetate, or DMPA, had 18% higher levels of lead in their blood on average than those . . .

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