«It doesn't address
the particulate lead problem, which is an important aspect,» said Pratim Biswas, an environmental and chemical engineer at Washington University in St. Louis, who was not involved in the study.
«This first study of this
problem in mice adds to the growing body of evidence that inhalation of
particulate matter from implantation through the second trimester of pregnancy is potentially dangerous,» says
lead author and investigator Jason Blum, PhD, MS, assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Medicine at NYU School of Medicine.