Episode 17: Pregnancy & MCS. A Conversation with Andrea Lily Ford, Ph.D.

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In this episode, I’m speaking with Andrea Lily Ford, Ph.D. Originally from California in the U.S., Andrea is now based in Scotland. She is an anthropologist and specializes in culture and medicine and works at the Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society at the University of Edinburgh Medical School.
As a researcher, Andrea builds on her experience as a practicing birth doula to examine the impact of chemicals on the endocrine system. She also specializes in how chemicals affect childbearing women, foetuses, and infants.
In our conversation, Andrea explores how:

• The placenta does not protect the foetus from chemicals.
• Many women spend time and energy identifying products that potentially keep their unborn children and infants safe.
• Reducing the number of chemicals is everyone’s responsibility.
• Breastfeeding can pass chemicals from mothers to infants, but in spite of this, it is still widely recommended because of its benefits.

Links:

Website: Andrea Lily Ford, Ph.D.
"Purity is not the Point: Chemical Toxicity, Childbearing, and Consumer Politics as Care." 2020 paper by Andrea Lily Ford.
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