Babies and Arsenic Exposure

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have found for the first time that mothers who drink water contaminated with arsenic during pregnancy increase the risk of their children to cancer and other diseases. This prenatal exposure causes gene changes that last a lifetime.

These scientists found the function of up to 450 genes can be changed in babies exposed to arsenic in the womb.

You can read more at this Environmental News Service publication.

Some private water supplies in Carbon County are contaminated with arsenic. I know this for sure because I have arsenic in my well water. What about your well water?

For the sake of your children, please have your water tested.