Childhood exposures to environmental chemicals and neurodevelopmental outcomes in congenital heart disease.
J William GaynorNancy B BurnhamRichard F IttenbachMarsha GerdesJudy C BernbaumElaine ZackaiDaniel J LichtWilliam W RussellErin E ZulloThomas MillerHakon HakonarsonKayan A ClarkeGail P JarvikAntonia M CalafatAsa BradmanDavid C BellingerFrederick M HenretigEric S CokerPublished in: PloS one (2022)
Like other children, infants with congenital heart defects are exposed to complex mixtures of environmental chemicals in daily life. Higher exposure biomarker concentrations were associated with significantly worse performance for language and motor skills in this population.