Asking the Right Questions: Untargeted Metabolomics for Studying Early Pregnancy Paraben Exposures.

MATERNAL exposure; METABOLOMICS; FOOD preservatives; PUBLIC health; OXIDATIVE stress; DNA damage; HYDROXY acids

The article discusses a study published in the issue which showed the feasibility and utility of untargeted metabolomics in the context of paraben exposure in early pregnancy and reported novel relationships between urinary paraben concentrations and diet-related metabolites. Topics include description of parabens, how human exposure to parabens occurs, and observation on paraben levels in pregnant women.