Pregnant? Tips to Protect Your New Baby from Lead

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  New York State Department of Health
• Description:
  What you need to know: Lead is a metal that can hurt pregnant women and their developing fetuses. It can damage the brain, kidneys, nerves and other parts of the body. It can cause miscarriage, stillbirth or difficulty getting pregnant. Lead can affect children's behavior and make it harder for them to learn. Lead can be stored in a woman's body for years, and then passed from mother to baby. A product can contain lead, even if it is not listed as an ingredient. Some pregnant women have the urge to eat nonfood items. This behavior is called pica. What you can do: If you are pregnant or planning to become pregnant, ask your doctor about a blood lead test. If you have ever had a blood lead test result of 5 micrograms per deciliter or above, your new baby should get a lead test before leaving the hospital. Resist the urge to eat nonfood items. These items can contain lead. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Lead Lead Poisoning Occupational Health Poisoning Pregnancy Safety Women
• Keywords:
  Blood Lead Levels Lead Poisoning Prenatal Exposure
• Publisher:
  New York State Department of Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Lay Publication
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20066829
• Citation:
  Albany, NY: New York State Department of Health, 2018 May; :1-2
• CAS Registry Number:
  Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• Performing Organization:
  New York State Department of Health/Health Research Incorporated
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Pregnant? Tips to protect your new baby from lead
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6856ab0bed1208c53ad6aa6a8cdb7153e8163b167b4c961c12abc108c7c8f00a4f7aebf71ec210536a13f39a9124288ddd798bbcf2ab96d5a77a847bf5b01cbb
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/231005/cdc_231005_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.17 MB ]