Spontaneous Abortion
Exposure To Magnetic Fields Linked To Increased Risk
Published in Women's Health Weekly, January 31st, 2002
Investigators at Kaiser Permanente's Division of Research in Oakland, California, found that exposure to more than 16 mG (milligauss) of electromagnetic energy increased a woman's risk of miscarriage six times in the first 10 weeks of pregnancy.
"This is a statistically significant finding," says lead author De-Kun Li, MD, PhD. "Particularly since previous studies did not measure EMF exposure levels before miscarriage occurred or measure peak exposure during a woman's typical...
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