Baby's first full nappy can reveal mother's smoking

Thursday, August 26, 2010 - 18:07 in Health & Medicine

Meconium, the dark and tarry stools passed by a baby during the first few days after birth, can be used to determine how much the mother smoked, or if she was exposed to tobacco smoke during pregnancy.

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