A study by researchers from the University of Birmingham has shown some very disturbing news linking chlorine, found in regular tap water, to tragic and increased difficulties with pregnancies.
The danger of exposure to pregnant women happens when the chemical by-products of chlorination called trihalomethanes (THM's) are absorbed through the skin and then transmitted to the womb.
Studies have linked THM's with:
1. Low birth weight newborns
2. Children with heart problems
3. Cleft palate
4. Major brain defects
5. S
pina bifida
6. Anencephalus, a brain condition, rose to 17 percent in high THM areas
7. Hole-in-the-heart defects nearly doubled
8. Neurological abnormalities in infants
9. Increased incidences of neural tube defects
10. Congenital anomalies including NTD
11. Cardiac anomalies
12. Urinary tract defects