Teratogenicity and Reduced Fertility Resulting from Factors Present in Food

摘要: For many hundreds of years, man has been aware the numerous structural and metabolic deformities that occur in newborn his own race other species. Many interesting cases have described literature but until relatively recent times, few attempts were made to understand causes these abnormalities. The classical observations by Gregg1 on relationship between maternal rubella infection pregnancy birth children with heart disease probably marked beginning teratology as we know it today. subsequent demonstration teratogenic potential hypnotic drug, thalidomide, early 1960s gave a tremendous impetus epidemiological experimental studies designed seek out drugs, environmental chemicals conditions which are potentially harmful developing fetus.