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Sources: Pregnancy,
the Placenta, and Pollution

Civil Eats: Can Eating Organic Lower Your Exposure to Pesticides
https://civileats.com/2019/02/11/can-eating-organic-lower-your-exposure-to-pesticides/

EPA: Chemicals Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
https://www.epa.gov/chemicals-under-tsca

EPA: PFAS Explained
https://www.epa.gov/pfas/pfas-explained

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health: How Can We Solve the Black Maternal Health Crisis?
https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2023/solving-the-black-maternal-health-crisis

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: Endocrine Disruptors
https://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/agents/endocrine

Environmental Defense Fund: “U.S. Climate Vulnerability Index Shows Where Action, Resources Are Most Urgently Needed”
https://www.edf.org/cvi-news

NOAA.gov: What Are Microplastics?
https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/microplastics.html

Penn Health: The Placenta, Our Least Understood Organ
https://www.pennmedicine.org/news/news-blog/2016/january/the-placenta-our-least-underst

Scientific American: 5 Things We Bet You Didn’t Know About the Placenta
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/5-things-we-bet-you-didnt-know-about-the-placenta/

Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism: Placenta Disrupted: Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and Pregnancy
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7395962/

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