Water Disinfection & Pregnancy
When Commissioner of Health for Virginia I really objected to the studies we had to perform every time an activist convinced a legislator that something was dangerous. The funds used for these studies had to be taken from programs that we knew worked, such as vaccinations and prenatal care. I cannot tell how many time I have told people that disinfection of water to promote safety from disease causing organisms was a safe procedure. Now:
From UNC News Service, Chapel Hill NC
When one cuts through the "bureauspeak" it appears that more refined studies whch should have shown stonger evidence for effects on pregnancy did not do so. It is high time legislators stopped knee jerk reactions to activist rumors and funded known public health interventions such as immunization, hypertension control, prenatal care and food safety.