Children Exposed to Arsenic Before Birth are More Prone to Respiratory Infections

I4U News - Quotes Margaret Karagas, chair and professor of epidemiology and professor of community and family medicine, who is the senior author on a study examining the effects on arsenic exposure on children before birth. The study found that children of pregnant women who were exposed to arsenic are more prone to infections. The article also notes that the study was led by Shohreh Farzan, a post-doctoral fellow in the department of epidemiology.