Morris R A, Sonderegger T B
Neurobehav Toxicol Teratol. 1984 Jul-Aug;6(4):303-6.
Research on perinatal/prenatal exposure of the immature organism to neurotoxins, including drugs of abuse, therapeutic drugs, and environmental toxins is of interest not only to the scientific community but to the legal community as well. Research findings on damage to the developing organism are being assimilated into public policy through criminal and civil court decisions as well as the enactment of statutes and administrative regulations. This article describes cases concerning injuries to infants resulting from prenatal or perinatal neurotoxin exposure, relates the interpretation of relevant scientific data to the issues raised by these cases, and presents the interpretations made by the courts in their decisions. The three types of cases discussed deal with drugs of abuse, therapeutic drugs, and environmental toxins.
未成熟机体在围产期/产前接触神经毒素（包括滥用药物、治疗性药物和环境毒素）的研究不仅引起了科学界的兴趣，也引起了法律界的关注。关于发育中机体受损的研究结果正通过刑事和民事法庭判决以及法规和行政法规的制定被纳入公共政策。本文描述了因产前或围产期接触神经毒素导致婴儿受伤的案例，将相关科学数据的解释与这些案例引发的问题联系起来，并介绍了法院在判决中的解释。所讨论的三类案例涉及滥用药物、治疗性药物和环境毒素。
