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Rutgers: Nanoparticles Can Cross the Placenta During Pregnancy, Potentially Exposing Fetus
April 20, 2022
NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, April 20 (TNSJou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news:

Inhaled nanoparticles - human-made specks so minuscule they can't be seen in conventional microscopes, found in thousands of common products - can cross a natural, protective barrier that normally protects fetuses, according to Rutgers University scientists studying factors that produce low-birth-weight babies.

The scientists reported in the medical journal Placenta they w . . .

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