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Women's Health During Pregnancy and Environmental Factors

Information for Pregnant Women

Information on Food and Nutrition from FDA

• Consumer Advisory: How to Safely Handle Refrigerated Ready-to-Eat Foods and Avoid Listeriosis March 2001
• Dangers of Lead Still Linger January-February 1998
• Folic Acid FDA Announces Name Changes for Lower-Fat Milks and Folic Acid Fortification for Bakery Products December 1997 How Folate Can Help Prevent Birth Defects February 1999
• Healthy Pregnancy, Healthy Baby March-April 1999
• Keep Your Baby Safe: Eat Hard Cheeses Instead of Soft Cheeses During Pregnancy July 1997 A similar brochure from CDC in Spanish September 2000
• FDA and EPA Announce the Revised Consumer Advisory on Methylmercury in Fish March 19, 2004 Flyer: What You Need to Know About Mercury in Fish and Shellfish March 2004
  (also available in PDF and Spanish PDF) Backgrounder for the 2004 FDA/EPA Consumer Advisory: What You Need to Know About Mercury in Fish and Shellfish March 19, 2004
• Listeriosis and Pregnancy: What is Your Risk? September 2001

• Information for Women about Infant Formula

Other Information from FDA

• Pregnancy and the Drug Dilemma May 2001
• X-Rays, Pregnancy and You

Information from Other Federal Government Agencies

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Why Folic Acid is So Important (also available in Spanish) Folic Acid: Frequently Asked Questions Pregnancy Pregnancy, Breast-Feeding, and TravelPregnancy, Diabetes, and Women's HealthSmoking and Pregnancy

Department of Health and Human Services HealthfinderPregnancy

National Women's Health Information Center Healthy Pregnancy

National Library of MedicinePregnancy (MEDLINEplus)