Mauricio Hernández-Avila

TL;DR: Prenatal lead exposure is inversely associated with genomic DNA methylation in cord blood, suggesting that the epigenome of the developing fetus can be influenced by maternal cumulative lead burden, which may influence long-term epigenetic programming and disease susceptibility throughout the life course.

TL;DR: Findings suggest that bone lead might be a better biomarker than blood lead for birth weight, because mobilization of bone lead during pregnancy may pose a significant fetal exposure with health consequences, long after maternal external lead exposure has declined.

TL;DR: It is suggested that patella bone is a significant contributor to blood lead during lactation and that consumption of high calcium content foods may protect against the accumulation of lead in bone.

TL;DR: In this article, some evidence suggests that fluoride may be neurotoxic to children, but none of the epidemiologic studies have been longitudinal, had individual measures of fluoride exposure, addressed the...

TL;DR: Maternal lead burden is negatively associated to infant attained weight at 1 month of age and to postnatal weight gain from birth to 1 month- age, and additional studies are needed to better understand this source of exposure and to develop interventions to minimize its impact.