MUMS-to-be up the chances of miscarriage every time they use a vacuum cleaner, a US boffin has warned.
Electro-magnetic fields they give off can double the risk, according to a study of more than 1,000 women in the first 10 weeks of pregnancy. What a great excuse for leaving the housework to the other half.
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