BALTIMORE — New research shows that arsenic-tainted drinking water increases the risk of fetal loss among pregnant women and contributes to infant death during the first year, according to a study published in the Advanced Access online version of the American Journal of Epidemiology .
The authors of the study gathered data from more than 29,000 pregnancies; results for the first time demonstrate a significant correspondence between arsenic and ill effects on fetus and infant health, according to the study, which has been accepted for publication in American Journal of Epidemiology but has not yet been paginated for publication.
The study notes that a number of poor countries have arsenic in their well water, and Bangladesh, the country from which statistical data was drawn, is one of them.
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