CellWell record HH-31664
Maternal paraben exposure during early pregnancy is associated with altered cord blood DNA methylation: The PREDO cohort
Marjaana Mäkinen; Johanna Tuhkanen; Marius Lahti-Pulkkinen; Jani Koponen; Hannu Kiviranta; Päivi Ruokojärvi; Darina Czamara; Katri Räikkönen; Jari Lahti
2026
In plain language
In 328 Finnish mother-child pairs, every mother had detectable parabens during early pregnancy, and higher exposure to butyl and isobutyl paraben was linked to reduced DNA methylation at specific genes in the newborn's cord blood.
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