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When Lauren Aleksunes was a CVS pharmacist, pregnant women would often ask her questions about whether a certain dietary supplement was safe to take or even if a brand of hair dye could seep into their bodies and pose a risk to their unborn child.<\/p>\n

And each time, Aleksunes grew increasingly frustrated because she couldn’t definitively say whether an everyday product was safe. There was just no data, no research being done. Read more at:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.northjersey.com\/story\/news\/health\/2023\/11\/21\/rutgers-team-targets-placenta-research-to-lower-nj-pregnancy-problems\/71606314007\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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