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Jul 3, 2023 | phillyvoice.com | Kameron Dawson |Gina Jimenez

Employers are now required to provide reasonable accommodations to expectant mothers. But public health experts say more research is needed to determine the exact circumstances that are dangerous from Source/Image licensed from Ingram Image A new federal requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations to those who are pregnant. But public health experts say not nearly enough is known about which work circumstances are dangerous for pregnancies.

Jun 30, 2023 | sfchronicle.com | Gina Jimenez |Kameron Dawson

The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act has a big weakness: occupational health studies have mostly been centered on men. Gina JiménezJune 30, 2023 Vanessa Langness had always been a bit worried about the chemicals she worked with as a biomedical researcher, but when she got pregnant in October, her concerns grew. The 34-year-old based in Santa Maria (Santa Barbara County) suspected that the ethidium bromide she was using in the lab for molecular cloning could put her and her baby at risk.

Jun 30, 2023 | buffalonews.com | Gina Jimenez |Kameron Dawson |Gillian Thomas

Vanessa Langness had always been a bit worried about the chemicals she worked with as a biomedical researcher, but when she got pregnant in October, her concerns grew. The 34-year-old based in Santa Maria, California, suspected the ethidium bromide she was using in the lab for molecular cloning could put her and her baby at risk. She wasn’t sure what to do; she was only a few weeks into her pregnancy and didn’t know how it would affect her career.

Jun 30, 2023 | kffhealthnews.org | Gina Jimenez |Kameron Dawson |Gillian Thomas

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