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Does The Plastic Fumes Cause Birth Defects To Baby During Pregnancy?

I am 6 weeks pregnant. I followed the directions for stouffers lasagna to keep the plastic film on until the last 10 minutes, but after the first 10 minutes I realized the smell of plastic in the apartment. I took off the film and put foil over it instead and opened the doors/window. Does this type of plastic cause birth defects if inhaled. Will my baby be okay?
Thu, 12 Nov 2015
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Hello, and I hope I can help you today.

A general guideline that is useful about pregnancy is to think of it as if regarding certain products fumes and other accidental exposures, if it doesn't harm you, it will not harm the baby. If you ventilated the area and you did not have any symptoms of headache dizziness or blurry vision is most likely that these fumes did not get inhaled by you significantly and therefore they cannot do damage either to you or to the baby.

There is also no evidence that exposure to fumes from plastics, aerosol cleaning products, or similar items causes birth defects.

So certainly your exposure to burning plastic in that context is nothing to worry about regarding your pregnancy.

I hope that the information was reassuring, and that my advice was helpful.

Best wishes, Dr. Brown.
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Does The Plastic Fumes Cause Birth Defects To Baby During Pregnancy?

Hello, and I hope I can help you today. A general guideline that is useful about pregnancy is to think of it as if regarding certain products fumes and other accidental exposures, if it doesn t harm you, it will not harm the baby. If you ventilated the area and you did not have any symptoms of headache dizziness or blurry vision is most likely that these fumes did not get inhaled by you significantly and therefore they cannot do damage either to you or to the baby. There is also no evidence that exposure to fumes from plastics, aerosol cleaning products, or similar items causes birth defects. So certainly your exposure to burning plastic in that context is nothing to worry about regarding your pregnancy. I hope that the information was reassuring, and that my advice was helpful. Best wishes, Dr. Brown.