CTIS

Founded 27 years ago and housed at the UC San Diego School of Medicine, California Teratogen Information Service offers a free Pregnancy Risk Information Line at 1-800-532-3749 that fields questions – in both English and Spanish – about exposure concerns and where to find medical advice and referral resources to pregnant and breastfeeding women and their families.

Recently, CTIS launched a website (www.ctispregnancy.org) that provides links to the most current information about potentially harmful exposures – from illnesses to environmental toxins and hazardous occupational materials – before, during and after pregnancy. It also can lead women and their families and health care providers to other knowledgeable resources and teratology professionals that specialize in birth defects caused by exposures during pregnancy.