Academic panel urges society to stop blaming mothers for possible genetic problems [MedicalXpress.com]

Samantha Sangenito 8/18/144:00 AM

A panel of academics with members from several institutions in the U.S. has published a Comment piece in the journal Nature asking journalists to be more careful in how they portray the results of epigenetic studies. The panel, led by Sarah Richardson of Harvard University cite examples in their article of ways in which irresponsible journalism can lead to harassment and legal actions against women for behaviors during pregnancy that have not been proven to be harmful.

[For more of this story, written by Bob Yirka, go to http://medicalxpress.com/news/...society-blaming.html]

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