Central Area, Abuja

The study employed qualitative approach and investigated the effects of teratogenic agents on the life of the developing human beings. Qualitative researchers seek to gather answers and information from the events they see and hear from people and read from literature. The unborn child, although seemed to be protected, comfortable in the womb environment is not completely immuned to some external and internal influences surrounding the mother, that can cause serious and debilitating effects at different developmental stages of the individual. Literatures reviewed explained the negative effects of teratogenic agents on both prenatal and postnatal lives. Teratogens are agents that can cause abnormalities and such agents include: drugs, chemical, infections, alcohol, and tobacco in different types of cigarette, pollutants, maternal health state, as well as maternal age and nutrition. Most literature reviewed indicated that the danger of structural defects caused by teratogens is greater in embryonic stage. Studies also showed that the teratogenic agents can be disastrous to the developing human being from the moment of conception to birth and/or through life. The study reported two, teratogenic cases