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DRINKING too much while pregnant chemically alters the fetus's DNA and changes gene activity.
When a pregnant woman drinks excessively, fetal alcohol syndrome can do permanent damage to her child. Suyinn Chong at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research in Herston, Australia, wondered whether "epigenetic" chemical changes to DNA - changes not in the genetic code itself but in the activity of certain genes - might be to blame.
Chong's team bred mice with genes for brown and yellow fur that are known to be modified by epigenetics. The offspring of mothers that drank alcohol were brown more often than you would expect from their DNA alone, indicating that alcohol had altered fetal gene activity.Invalid tag extension name: ref
KektklikMolokaicreeperIf you're a woman and appear to be expecting, the short answer is; perhaps yes he/she should.
Nothing to do with job performance, but health wise. Same way a pregnant woman is not allowed to fly in a plane after her 8th month of pregnancy. [1] It is for safety purposes, and no employer wants to get sued if you get injured while pregnant.
Some women see this as discrimination, but an employer would rather get filed for discrimination against a pregnant woman, than get sued for thousands of dollars against an injury or fetal loss of a pregnant woman.
If something happens to you in the workplace and you happen to be unconscious, they need to know that you're pregnant when they call paramedics to help you. Employers should not need to be held responsible for injuries to a pregnant woman, or fetal loss, when they are ignorant of your pregnancy. If the job is too dangerous they are questioned in court why would they hire an expecting mother. The sad thing is (for the employer) that sometimes ignorance is not an excuse, when it comes to a pregnant woman. Some good lawyers know good workarounds. [2]
"Remember, only once your employer has been advised, do they have a duty of care to carry out the risk assessment and take steps to make your work environment safe."
The employer wont be liable for your injuries, if you keep pregnancy to yourself; otherwise you're fully responsible for your injuries. So your best option is to tell in writing to make sure you're accounted for if you're injured. Fear of getting fired shouldn't stop you from being honest.
There is not law that says you can or should keep pregnancy to yourself, or vice-verse, and in dangerous work grounds an employer can actually refuse to hire you if you're pregnant. Imagine you applying for a scaffold building job... will you get hired with a big belly, umm NO!
On top of the fact that pregnant women are advised NEVER to climb ladders after the fourth month of pregnancy. Keeping balance while you're pregnant is very difficult and I should know, I was pregnant three times! If you ask me, keeping balance on bare floors is hard enough.
Now, how about the military? The military does not accept any woman above 4 months pregnant; so why would an employer accept her? [3] [4] These are points of a lot of controversy among women. Would you get hired in a gun factory, cleaning guns? I don't know how far can pregnant woman expect to go with this pregnancy discrimination law. But anything that may pose a risk to my unborn child is something I would never do.
This is not the same as Can your boss ask your beliefs, and belongs in a whole different category.
Sources about pregnancy discrimination:
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