Study: Being Exposed to THIS While Pregnant Increases Your Child’s Risk of ADHD

November 7, 2014

To conduct the study, Fredrica Pereta, a professor at New York Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, and her team measured levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (a component of air pollution) in the umbilical cord blood of 250 expectant mothers. They examined their children at age 9, taking PAH exposure into account.

Just over one-third of these kids had high prenatal PAH exposure, and that group was five…

Vicki Clinebell majored in journalism at the University of Colorado and headed to an advertising agency before beginning a long career in broadcasting, spanning production and copywriting to Sales and Management for an ABC affiliate station.

Her decision to switch gears to pursue a career in writing fulfilled a lifelong ambition. She started as a blogger for a diverse group of businesses, and now writes for a number of digital publications for companies stationed in her hometown in the Rocky Mountains, and provides advertising copy and media buys for national and regional clients. She finds the research as intersting as the writing—she loves learning about subjects as diverse as construction scaffolding, child safety seats, and the newest trends in beauty and fashion.