Male Painters Risk Birth Defects In Offrspring Due To Solvent Exposure

... Men who paint for a living may be placing their unborn children at increased risk of birth defects and low birth weight.A study of construction workers in the Netherlands, conducted in part by the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, links low birth weight and birth defects to paternal, airborne exposure to organic solvents such as paints, thinner and cleansers. [click link for full article] ...