Biological and Environmental Factors

Option 2: There is a large body of research that has been conducted on expectant mothers, and many conclusions have been drawn about what is and isn’t healthy for their unborn babies. Based on these results, doctors and parents have concerns about biological and environmental factors that we know to be, “teratogens.” After reading the lesson and chapters for this week, carefully choose a teratogen that you feel is often ignored, but that poses a significant risk to prenatal development. How does this teratogen impact the fetus? Why it is ignored? What should be done to address it?