What Should You Know?
FASDs are 100% preventable if a woman does not drink alcohol during pregnancy. There is no known safe amount of alcohol to drink while pregnant. There is also no safe time during pregnancy to drink and no safe kind of alcohol.
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
- Division of Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
- 1600 Clifton Road
- MS E-87
- Atlanta, GA 30333
- 800-CDC-INFO
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