The Maternal-Infant Research on Environmental Chemicals – Infant Development (MIREC-ID) proposal
could position Canada as a global leader in research on the potential links between environmental exposures in utero and child health outcomes. The recently launched MIREC study is addressing a critical need for biomonitoring research to assess maternal and fetal exposures to a number of chemicals of concern in today’s environment. This study is an important first step. Unfortunately funding has not been forthcoming for the proposed second stage of the study (MIREC-ID) that would follow the children born to the participating mothers from birth to two years of age.