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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Pesticides in Cord Blood?
A mom of one of the kids I work with was telling me today about how more and more pesticides are being found in cord blood. (I apologize if this has already been a topic of discussion, I haven't been on here in awhile!) Anyways, this is about all I've been able to find in my brief search: http://www.panna.org/blog/genetic-trespass-ge-toxin-reaches-umbilical-cordblood. So yucky. Anyone else come across info on this?
Re: Pesticides in Cord Blood?
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) researches this on semi-annual basis. They're a non-profit environmental research firm that is very well respected, I trust their results.
http://www.ewg.org/reports/bodyburden2/execsumm.php
http://www.ewg.org/minoritycordblood/pressrelease
very interesting. I work in neonatal medicine and had not heard of this before.. yet I'm also not surprised.
an awesome book on ecology and pregnancy: Having Faith by Sandra Steingraber
http://www.amazon.com/Having-Faith-Sandra-Steingraber/dp/0425189996/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1308173731&sr=8-1