Title : Spontaneous abortions possibly related to ingestion of nitrate-contaminated well water--LaGrange County, Indiana, 1991-1994.

Pub. Date : 1996 Jul 5

PMID : 9132576






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1 Health effects associated with ingestion of nitrate-contaminated water have included methemoglobinemia (i.e., blue baby syndrome) in infants and spontaneous abortions in laboratory animals and livestock; however, only one study in humans has reported an association between increased methemoglobin levels and spontaneous abortion. Water hemoglobin subunit gamma 2 Homo sapiens