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Alcohol Consumption During
Pregnancy Damages the Unborn Brain
Reuters Health news service ran an article dated Feb 10, 2000, that
stated that researchers now know how drinking alcohol during pregnancy can
affect the brain of a fetus. This study also published in the February 11,
2000 issue of the Journal of Science, was conducted at Washington
University School of Medicine in St. Louis Missouri.
One of the authors, Dr. John Olney, stated that "Its a mechanism
that involves interfering with basic transmitter of the systems in the
brain, which literally drives the brains nerve cells to commit
suicide." The shocking part of the report was that it was reported
that just one episode of getting drunk during the third trimester of
pregnancy would be enough to damage the brain of a fetus.
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