{"id":710,"date":"2025-06-16T18:28:06","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T18:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/aleksunes-lab\/?p=710"},"modified":"2025-11-20T18:33:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T18:33:36","slug":"rutgers-health-scientists-call-for-greater-awareness-of-the-matter-and-the-potential-effects-on-maternal-and-fetal-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/aleksunes-lab\/rutgers-health-scientists-call-for-greater-awareness-of-the-matter-and-the-potential-effects-on-maternal-and-fetal-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Toxins from Fungus in the Food Supply May Reduce Infant Weight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-711\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/aleksunes-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1130\/2025\/11\/baby-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/aleksunes-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1130\/2025\/11\/baby-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/aleksunes-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1130\/2025\/11\/baby.jpg 612w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Exposure to mycotoxins \u2013 a broad group of harmful substances produced by mold \u2013 during pregnancy may impact placental function,\u00a0which\u00a0could result in lower birthweight in humans, according to Rutgers Health researchers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read more: https:\/\/www.rutgers.edu\/news\/researchers-examine-impact-mycoestrogen-exposure-birth-outcomes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exposure to mycotoxins \u2013 a broad group of harmful substances produced by mold \u2013 during pregnancy may impact placental function,\u00a0which\u00a0could result in lower birthweight in humans, according to Rutgers Health &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/aleksunes-lab\/rutgers-health-scientists-call-for-greater-awareness-of-the-matter-and-the-potential-effects-on-maternal-and-fetal-health\/\" class=\"\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2925,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Toxins from Fungus in the Food Supply May Reduce Infant Weight - Aleksunes Lab<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/aleksunes-lab\/rutgers-health-scientists-call-for-greater-awareness-of-the-matter-and-the-potential-effects-on-maternal-and-fetal-health\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Toxins from Fungus in the Food Supply May Reduce Infant Weight - Aleksunes Lab\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Exposure to mycotoxins \u2013 a broad group of harmful substances produced by mold \u2013 during pregnancy may impact placental function,\u00a0which\u00a0could result in lower birthweight in humans, according to Rutgers Health &hellip; Read More\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/aleksunes-lab\/rutgers-health-scientists-call-for-greater-awareness-of-the-matter-and-the-potential-effects-on-maternal-and-fetal-health\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Aleksunes Lab\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-16T18:28:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-20T18:33:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/aleksunes-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1130\/2025\/11\/baby-300x200.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Lauren M. 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