Yes, heavy lifting is one of the major risks of miscarriage. One should probably also practise really good hygiene when working with DNA binding dyes, BrdU and other mutagens. The issue of electromagnetic fields has recently been raised - women exposed to intense electromagnetic fields have a slight to moderate increased risk of miscarriage but this issue is still controversial. Also, keep the risks in perspective; if your friend smokes, drinks, does not eat a balanced diet, is over 35 years old and/or is not getting good prenatal care the risks due to these factors probably render any discussions of occupational risks specific to flowcytometry work irrelevant to the baby's health. ---------------------- Forwarded by Mike Wade/HC-SC/GC/CA on 2002/01/14 01:22 PM --------------------------- "Adrian Rubio" <arubio@biotechimaging.com> on 2002/01/11 04:39:43 PM To: cyto-inbox cc: (bcc: Mike Wade/HC-SC/GC/CA) Subject: Re: pregnancy I guess lifting the sheath fluid boxes might provr difficult later on. . . ----- Original Message ----- From: <Roccm@mf.mri.sari.ac.uk> To: cyto-inbox Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 1:59 AM Subject: pregnancy > > Dear Flowers, > this one caught me completely unprepared: > > A colleague is asking if anybody is aware of potential risk of Flow > cytometric work (including sample preparation) specific for pregnant women. > I remember when I was pregnant I had back problems when I sat too long in > front of the machine, but that was easily solved taking a walk. > > Thanks a lot for the information, > Mara > > *********************** > Dr. Mara S.L. Rocchi, DVM Ph.D. > Moredun Research Institute > International Research Centre > Pentland Science Park > Bush Loan > Penicuik EH26 0PZ > Scotland UK > e-mail: roccm@mf.mri.sari.ac.uk > Tel: 0131-4455111 ext. 464/461 > Fax: 0131-446235 > > > > "The information contained in this email is confidential. It may also be > legally privileged. > It is intended only for the stated addressee(s) and access to it by any > other > person is unauthorised. If you are not an addressee, you must not disclose, > copy, circulate or in any other way use or rely on the information contained > > in this email. Such unauthorised use may be unlawful. If you have received > this email in error please reply to it immediately and delete it and all > copies > from your system." > >
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