Dangers of Alcohol For Fetal Development Face

Alcohol has been increasingly penetrated the social lives of young women. Beverages containing alcohol are increasingly being expressed in eating meals or while hanging out with friends on the weekends. There are just a drink, but not a few who make a habit of drinking alcohol.

Women who frequently drink alcohol to excess, even get drunk early in pregnancy increases the risk to give birth to infants with oral cleft or slit in the oral cavity. This fact was revealed by researchers from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, USA.

Oral cleft of the most common is cleft lip and cleft palate. Cleft lip is a condition that causes the upper lip between the mouth and nose slotted, so that seems like a separate lip. Cleft palate occurs when the palate is perfectly united on fetal growth and development in the womb. The severity of the condition of cleft palate varies, ranging from the separation that occurs only in the back of the soft palate, until almost the entire roof of the mouth open.

The scientists from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences conducts research on population in Norway, which is one of the populations with the highest incidence rate of cleft palate in Europe. The study included all children born with cleft defects over a period of 5 years. Subjects of the study amounted to 573 mothers who gave birth to babies with cleft loops with or without cleft palate, and the mothers who were randomly selected from across country. The mothers filled out questionnaires which focused on the mother's lifestyle and environment for 3 months of pregnancy. In the face of developments that are happening in the fetus.

From the study revealed that mothers who drink alcohol drunk by an average of 5 cups to drink during the first trimester are in greater risk for having a baby with an oral cleft compared with mothers who are not drinkers. More and more, and often mothers consume alcohol, the greater this risk.

Cleft lip and cleft palate are not only disturb the appearance of the face which can lower self-confidence when the children were grown, but also cause the baby to suck milk difficult because the movement involves sucking the lip movement. Cleft palate also cause the child to talk is difficult because the pronunciation of the letters requires cooperation between all parts of the oral cavity such as the lips, palate, teeth and tongue

Nuclear Radiation Hazards to Your Health

One radiation expert, Jacqueline Williams, a professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Rochester, New York, said that high levels of radiation can be lethal, because radiation can disrupt cells in the body and cause death. Exposure to high-level radioactive substances that can trigger a number of health problems like hair loss, nerve cell death, seizures and sudden death, circulatory disorders, heart disease, and damage the reproductive system.

Typically, the radiation that's released has two major components, namely radioactive iodine and cesium. Iodine-131 is one type of radioactive material is dangerous, inhaling or eating food contaminated by radioactive iodine can cause thyroid cancer. Food (especially dairy products) can become contaminated with radioactive dust which settles on crops, even on grass eaten by cows or other animals. While radioactive cesium-137 can cause harm in the long term and is a major threat to human health, including problems and lung cancer.

Anticipating the threat of radiation leaking from a nuclear reactor at the Fukushima nuclear power plant on Friday last week (11 / 3), Japanese authorities have asked about 180 thousand people away from a minimum radius of 20 kilometers from the center of reactor. At least 140 thousand residents who lived near the safety zone was also asked to not go out and close all the vents of the house.

Further treatment carried out by Japanese authorities to distribute potassium iodide pills, which is a simple compound is usually added to salt to prevent goitre and mental retardation. These pills can neutralize the influence of iodine by preventing the thyroid gland (a large endocrine gland located near the base of the neck, serves to produce hormones that help control growth and metabolism) to absorb iodine.

According to Drs. David J. Brenner, director of the Center for Radiological Research at Columbia University, iodine can enter the human body through various ways, ie, air or food exposed to radiation. He therefore argues potassium iodide pills less effective in preventing thyroid cancer due to nuclear radiation. Brenner also said that the government should prohibit people drink cow milk or eat a fruit that grows from the soil exposed to radiation.