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by Amy Spangler
January 10, 2007
If you are concerned about how drugs, medications, chemicals, and other possible toxic exposures during pregnancy (or lactation) can affect your unborn (or breastfeeding baby), you may want to visit the Organization of Teratology Information Specialists (OTIS) website, whose mission is “raising mom’s awareness, reducing baby’s risk.”
OTIS was established in 1990 to facilitate communication between teratology information services, decrease the number of preventable birth defects, provide reassurance about agents that do not pose a health risk, and contribute to scientific research.
Parents and health professionals can access more that 40 fact sheets on everything from acetaminophen (Tylenol) to lice to mold. OTIS is funded in part by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, March of Dimes, National Center for Birth Defects and Disabilities, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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