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. 2021 Oct 14;12:745716. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2021.745716

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Adverse impact of maternal environmental chemical exposure on developmental origins of kidney disease and hypertension. In pregnancy, exposure to various environmental chemicals occurs through daily consumer activity. There are many sources of contamination like industry, waste infrastructure, consumer products, contaminated foods, etc. These environmental chemicals cause renal programming, resulting in chronic kidney disease and hypertension in adulthood.