## Evidence linking pregnant women’s exposure to phthalates, found in plastic packaging and common consumer products, to altered cognitive outcomes and slower information processing in their infants, with males more likely to be affected.

Authored by news.illinois.edu

Susan Schantz and her colleagues found a relationship between prenatal exposure to phthalates and slower processing speed in 7.5-month-old infants.

Now researchers have found evidence linking pregnant women’s exposure to phthalates to altered cognitive outcomes in their infants.

Most of the findings involved slower information processing among infants with higher phthalate exposure levels, with males more likely to be affected depending on the chemical involved and the order of information presented to the infants.

Now in its seventh year, IKIDS has enrolled hundreds of participants and is tracking chemical exposures in pregnant women and developmental outcomes in their children.

She is a faculty member in the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, which houses the IKIDS program at Illinois.

“IKIDS is part of a larger initiative funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes program.

“Most previous studies of the relationship between prenatal exposure to phthalates and cognition have focused on early and middle childhood,” Schantz said. »

### Vladimir Putin Just Officially Banned Same-Sex Marriage In Russia

Authored by out.com

The amendments passed by voters and signed into law by Putin specifically ban marriage equality and adoption by transgender folks.

The ad, entitled “Why amendments to the Constitution are important,” ended by asking viewers if “this is the Russia you choose.”

Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isayev had fled to Russia after Chechen authorities allegedly arrested and tortured the two men for their LGBTQ+ activism. »

### Lee Smith makes the Hall of Fame after reluctantly playing baseball

Authored by sportscollectorsdigest.com

Interestingly, Rivera will be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, along with Smith, this year.

Baseball wasn’t even a passing thought for Smith, who could play hoops with the best of them.

He kept bugging his star basketball player to play baseball as well, but Smith just wasn’t interested. »

### Saudi crown prince pressed France to lie about fake painting to escape humiliation: Doceumentary

Authored by presstv.com

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) pressured authorities in France to lie about the authenticity of a fake painting he had purchased in 2017, a French documentary has revealed.

The Saudi crown prince did so to escape the public humiliation of having spent hundreds of millions of dollars to buy the painting credited to Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci.

The official said the Louvre had informed the painting’s owner, the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, of its findings, but he balked. »

### 'The Time Is Now to Go Forward': Sanders Says Dems Can't Waste Time Catering to Obstructionist GOP

Authored by commondreams.org

When you have half a million people who are homeless, I'm not going to slow down.".

"When the scientists tell us we have five or six years before there will be irreparable damage done because of climate change," the Vermont senator added, "I'm not going to slow down.". »

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