| Teratogens | Potential Effects |
|---|
| Alcohol | Fetal alcohol syndrome: developmental delay, poor growth, heart problems, growth delay |
| Caffeine | High exposure associated with miscarriage |
| Cocaine | Birth defects, miscarriage |
| Lead | High exposure linked with miscarriage |
| Lithium | Heart defects, malformations |
| LSD | Arm and leg defects, central nervous system problems |
| Mercury | Cerebral palsy, developmental delay, blindness |
| Nicotine | Malformations, low birth weight, cleft lip or palate, heart defects |
| Radiation exposure | Small skull, blindness, spina bifida, cleft palate |
| From conception until birth, the developing human is nestled deep inside a woman’s body, but it remains vulnerable to threats from the outside. Listed here are some common teratogens and their effects. |
| SOURCE: BRENT (2004) AND LANGWITH (2010). |