Breathe carefully: air emissions of benzene may cause birth defects.
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/newscience/benzene-linked-to-neural-tube-birth-defects/
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/newscience/benzene-linked-to-neural-tube-birth-defects/
"Neural tube defects are a common type of birth defect that originate within the first four weeks after conception. In the affected fetus, the nervous system – the brain and spinal chord – does not form properly. Spina bifida and anencephaly are two well-known types of neural tube defects.
Infants with these birth defects experience a host of short and long-term health consequences, including paralysis, stillbirth and death. While taking folic acid before and during pregnancy can prevent the condition, the cause of these severe defects, in most cases, remains a mystery to doctors and scientists."
