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New data link higher county-level radon exposure to gestational diabetes (GD) in women who haven’t previously given birth, emphasizing the need to consider environmental risks in maternal and fetal healthcare.
Yijia Zhang, PhD, with the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York, and colleagues found in a study of 9107 nulliparous pregnant women that those living in US counties with higher radon levels (2 picocuries [pCi]/L) had higher odds of developing GD than those in counties with lower (
Source : Medscape