please forward to the group

["Sandra" <bengeks@connix.com>]

Just out today waiting in a dr's office at lunch time with TV on.  What the

news casts are saying is that they contribute it to the thyroid, and that

women with thyroid problems usually have low birth rate babies.  They say

that the x-raying is causing the thyroid reaction, thus low birth weight..

that is what I got from the news blurb today at noon.   They showed a woman

getting dental x-rays and promoted how pregnant women should not get dental

x-rays.



So that is what is being presented in the news media today.



-- Sandy











----- Original Message ----- 

From: "Laurenson, Jim" <JLaurenson@icfconsulting.com>

To: <>

Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 12:00 PM

Subject: RE: Dental X-Rays Might Lead to Small Babies





> Sadly, studies like this, where "the researchers lacked information on

> why the women received X-rays", result in headlines like "Baby's weight

> depends on mom's X-ray exposure".  If the underlying causes of the low

> birth weights are the dental problems being addressed by the X-rays and

> thus now fewer pregnant women will be addressing their dental problems

> because of such headlines, then we can expect an INCREASE in low birth

> weight babies now...

>

> James Laurenson

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