The Risks of Ultrasound Exposure

A critical look at a normalized technology.

U L T R A – S O U N D >> Ultrasound is a normalized technology routinely used during pregnancy, so normalized that we rarely think much more about it. To many families, it produces a cherished keepsake and the object of their pregnancy announcement (the ultrasound photo), but how is the test itself being utilized by the provider, and how does it impact the pregnancy, the developing b