Statement of the Public Affairs Committee of the Teratology Society on the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
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Since the initial observations over 25 years ago that alcohol (ethanol) is a human teratogen (Jones et al., ’73; Jones and Smith, ’73), concerns regarding the prenatal effects of alcohol as a significant public health problem have been raised throughout the world. Much effort has gone into the delineation of a physical and neurobehavioral phenotype, numerous studies have focused on the birth prevalence of those phenotypes in various populations, and countless experiments have documented the prenatal effects of alcohol in a variety of animal species. Investigations into the risks of drinking small and moderate amounts of alcohol during pregnancy have been undertaken, education and prevention campaigns have been implemented, and programs to benefit affected children have been established.
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