Rhea Study Investigator Dr Marina Vafeiadi was featured in Environmental Health Perspectives for her published article "Association of Prenatal Exposure to Persistent Organic Pollutants with Obesity and Cardiometabolic Traits in Early Childhood: The Rhea Mother-Child Cohort (Crete, Greece)”. ...

Rhea Study Investigator, Dr Leda Chatzi shows that a 10-times increased exposure to organic pollutants in early pregnancy is associated with a 4.4 times increased risk of a pregnant woman developing gestational diabetes.